漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
曖: dark, not clear
N1 (our estimate)17 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
日 carries the meaning · 愛 is drawn in
17 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
アイai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 曖昧あいまいvague; ambiguous; unclear
- 曖昧さあいまいさambiguity
- 曖昧度あいまいどequivocation
Also read くらい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
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.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read アイ
4 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified 暧 · traditional, as in Japanese · ài
Japan keeps the traditional form 曖; mainland China simplifies it to 暧.
- Simplified
- 暧 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 曖 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin ài 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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