noun

  1. semidarkness, deep and strange, hades, the present and the other world, dark and light.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
幽冥 ゆうめい
幽明 ゆうめい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

seclude, confine to a room, deep
ユウ かす.か ふか.い (8th, N1)
mountain
やま サン セン (1st, N5)
minute, extremely small, tiny
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
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)