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闇

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Frequency rank 1218 / 2,608

Darkness

On’yomi
あん
Kun’yomi
やみ
Radical
門 Gate (Kangxi 169)

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

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

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;illegalN1
無闇に むやみに unreasonably;absurdly;recklessly;indiscreetly;at randomN1

闇 is rank 1218 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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