冥

10 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

dark

Kun'yomi
  • くらい
    		dark ②depressed ③dark (in color) ④ill-boding
On'yomi
  • メイ
  • ミョウ

Main Radical

冖(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

メイ 93.8%
ミョウ 6.2%

Character Breakdown

dark
メイ　ミョウ　くら.い (11th)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
six
ロク　ろっ　むっ.つ (1st, N5)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)

Contained In

幎 暝 榠 溟 瞑 螟

Common Words

めい
冥
おう
王
Hades (god) ②Pluto (god)
めい
冥
かい
界
hades
めい
冥
ど
土
Hades
めい
冥
ふ
府
realm of the dead ②hell
みょう
冥
が
加
divine protection ②blessed ③monetary offering (to a temple or shrine) ④form of Edo-period business tax
めい
冥
ど
土
　
の
みやげ
土産
pleasant memory to take to the afterlife
めい
冥
めい
々
dark
めい
冥
ふく
福
happiness in the next world
かい
晦
めい
冥
darkness
めい
冥
ばく
漠
dim and distant
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References

Unicode hex code 51A5
JIS X 0208 1-44-29
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 630
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 405
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2613
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1810
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2841
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 322
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1158
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 1588
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1522
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2i8.2
Four corner code 3780.0