KanjiDB
Radical Index : : 冥

メイ, ミョウ, くら.い
dark
This kanji has 10 strokes: 2 strokes in the "wa-shaped crown" radical (わかんむり) and 8 other strokes
Sample Compounds (35):
1.

めいばく

dim and distant
2.

かいめい

darkness
3.

めいばつ

retribution, divine punishment
4.

がんめい

stubbornness
5.

めいふ

hades, realm of the dead, sheol
6.

がんめいふれい

stubborn and ignorant
7.

めいふく

happiness in the next world
8.

げんめい

ancient Chinese god of the north (or rain, water, etc.)
9.

めいめい

dark, invisible, divine
10.

こんめい

darkness, gloom
11.

みょうり

providence, luck, favor, favour, advantage
12.

おんなみょうり

joy of being born a woman
13.
がつきる
みょうりがつきる

to be frowned upon by Fortune
14.

おとこみょうり

the good fortune to have been born male
15.
きる
みょうりがつきる

to be frowned upon by Fortune
16.

てんちかいめい

The world is covered in darkness, All is plunged into darkness
17.
につきる
みょうりにつきる

more blessing than one deserves
18.

めいめい

dark, invisible, divine
19.
きる
みょうりにつきる

more blessing than one deserves
20.

くらい

dark, gloomy, dark (in colour), dull, depressed, dispirited, sorrowful, bitter (as in a dark past), unclear, unfamiliar, unknown
21.

いのちみょうが

providential protection
22.

くらきみち

Hades, underworld, realm of the dead, other world
23.

やくしゃみょうり

the happiness (good fortune) of being an actor, feeling blessed for being an actor
24.

めいあん

gloom, shade
25.

ゆうめい

semidarkness, deep and strange, hades, the present and the other world, dark and light
26.

めいあん

gloom, shade
27.

ゆうめいかい

hades, realm of the dead
28.

めいおうせい

Pluto (dwarf planet)
29.

みょうが

(Buddh) divine protection or blessing
30.

みょうがきん

monetary offering
31.

めいかい

hades, realm of the dead
32.

めいきょう

shades of the dead
33.

めいそう

meditation, contemplation
34.

めいど

(Buddh) Hades, the underworld, the other world, realm of the dead
35.

めいど

(Buddh) Hades, the underworld, the other world, realm of the dead

Kuten Code: 4429
EUC Code: ccbd
Shift-JIS Code: 96bb
JIS Code: 4c3d
Unicode: 51a5
Radical Index: 14
Frequency Rank: 2349
Four Corner code: 3780.0
"Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 630
"New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 405
"The Kanji Dictionary" Index Code: 2i8.2
Morohashi Index: 1588
Morohashi Volume.Page: 2.130
"Japanese Names" Index: 2841
Korean Reading: myeong
Pinyin: ming2

Radical Index : : 冥

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