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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

昧: dark, foolish

N1 (our estimate)9 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

日 carries the meaning · 未 is drawn in

9 strokes
  • Small seal · Qin
  • Today

Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

One reading, and the words that use it

マイmai · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 曖昧あいまいvague; ambiguous; unclear
  • 三昧さんまいsamadhi (state of intense concentration…
  • 愚昧ぐまいstupid

Also read バイ, くらい, むさぼる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“The life-giving sun in the sky! This simple box was once a perfect circle, representing the regular rising and setting of the sun that marks the rhythm of our lives.”
More in the 日 sun story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
日

Also built on sun (日)

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未

Also built on un- (未)

Also read マイ

5 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read バイ

12 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
昧 dark · 日 + 未
vs果 fruit · 田 + 木
昧 has 日 + 未 where 果 has 田 + 木.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · mèi

Same form: 昧 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
昧 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
昧 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin mèi most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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