17 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

darkness

Kun'yomi
  • くら
On'yomi
  • モウ
  • ボウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

darkness
モウ ボウ くら.い (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
ignorance, darkness, get
こうむ.る モウ ボウ (Kentei Pre-1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
pig, hog, pig radical (no. 152)
 (Kentei 1)

References

Unicode hex code 66DA
JIS X 0208 1-59-4
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2520
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 14223X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4c13.2
Four corner code 6403.2