# 闇 — Darkness

Frequency rank 1218 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 椅 (Chair), less common than 招 (Beckon).

- On’yomi: あん
- Kun’yomi: やみ
- Radical: 門 Gate (Kangxi 169)
- Frequency path: Level X of XX

A gate on the outside holds sound on the inside — when sound is trapped behind a closed gate, everything beyond is pure darkness.

In words:

- 闇 やみ — darkness;the dark;black-marketeering;dark;shady;illegal
- 無闇に むやみに — unreasonably;absurdly;recklessly;indiscreetly;at random

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