Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

暮: evening, twilight

Also: season's end, livelihood, make a living, spend time

JLPT N314 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

日 carries the meaning · 莫 gives the sound

14 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

ボbo · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 暮色ぼしょくdusk, evening shades
  • 薄暮はくぼnightfall
  • 歳暮せいぼend of the year, year-end gift
  • 野暮やぼuncouthness

くれるkureru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 暮れるくれるend, get dark
  • 夕暮れゆうぐれevening twilight

くらすkurasu · kun'yomi

  • 暮らすくらすlive [v.i.]

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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
莫

Also built on 莫

暮 takes the 莫 family's reading, ボ (bo).

日

Also built on sun (日)

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Also read ボ

7 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
暮 evening · 日
vs墓 grave · 土
暮 has 日 where 墓 has 土.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · mù

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

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

Pinyin mù 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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