11 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

dark, disappear

Kun'yomi
  • last day of the month
  • くら
  • to be dazzled by ②to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.) ③to become dark
  • last day of the month
On'yomi
  • カイ
Nanori
  • もり

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

くらくら 75.0%
カイ 25.0%

Character Breakdown

dark, disappear
くら.い カイ つごもり (Kentei Pre-1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
every
マイ ごと つね (2nd, N5)
person(人) variant
do not, must not, be not
ブ ム はは (Kentei 1)

Common Words

hidden (talents, etc.)
concealing one's talents, position, status, intentions, etc.
The world is covered in darkness
propensity to efface oneself
last and first days of the month
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References

Unicode hex code 6666
JIS X 0208 1-19-2
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2135
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2454
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1196
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 864
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2452
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2527
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 13960X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4c7.3
Four corner code 6805.7