# 暗 — Dark

Frequency rank 765 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 訴 (Sue), less common than 遊 (Play).

- On’yomi: あん
- Kun’yomi: くら
- Radical: 日 Sun (Kangxi 72)
- Frequency path: Level VI of XX

The sun (日) is blocked by sound (音) — when sound waves block out the sunlight, everything goes dark.

In words:

- 暗い くらい — gloomy
- 暗記 あんき — memorization,learning by heart
- 暗算 あんざん — mental arithmetic

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