17 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

dark, not clear

Kun'yomi
  • くら
On'yomi
  • アイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

アイ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

dark, not clear
アイ くら.い (11th)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
love, affection, favourite
アイ いと.しい め.でる (4th, N3)
claw radical (no. 87)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
heart, mind, spirit
こころ シン (2nd, N4)
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ しゅう (Kentei 1)

Common Words

vague ②shady ③fuzzy
Aimai accent, used in parts of Kanto
brothel fronting as a tea house, inn, restaurant, etc.
brothel fronting as a tea house, inn, restaurant, etc.
brothel fronting as a tea house, inn, restaurant, etc.
disambiguation (of a Wikipedia page, etc.)
More Words...

References

Unicode hex code 66D6
JIS X 0208 1-59-3
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2161
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2521
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1383
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1001
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2437
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 797
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 14206
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 414
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4c13.1
Four corner code 6204.7