Memory phrase for the character: 暗


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Meaning obscure, gloomy, hidden, dark, secret, muddled

Pronunciation

àn

Explanation

Left: sun/day , right: sound/noise (Stand/Get up into the day with sounds [of the clock radio])

Mnemonic


 
When the sun stands between two days , it is: dark and obscure.

Radicals

sun, dayThis radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.
sound
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 Vocabulary

黑暗 hēi àn  dark; darkly; darkness
昏暗 hūn àn  dusky
暗礁 àn jiāo  submerged reef (rock)
晦暗 huì àn  dark and gloomy
黝暗 yǒu àn  murk; murkiness
暗娼 àn chāng  unlicensed (unregistered) prostitute
暗娼 àn chāng  

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