àn

dark; hidden; secret

HSK 5 #829

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 829th character
Radical ⽇ (72.9)
Strokes 13
Index # 2909

Definitions

暗 àn
  1. 1. dark
  2. 2. hidden
  3. 3. secret
  4. 4. gloomy
  5. 5. obscure
  6. 6. in the dark
  7. 7. muddled
  8. 8. stupid
  9. 9. ignorant
  10. 10. to eclipse
  11. 11. to close (a door)

Stroke order

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Words containing 暗

Word Meaning
to hint; hint; to suggest
darkness; dark; darkly
to assassinate
password; secret signal (sign); countersign
dark; gloomy; overcast
in secret; on the sly; surreptitiously
to plot against
code word
secretly; on the sly; inwardly
submerged reef (rock)
secret place
shadow; umbra
dull gray; murky; drab
dusky
the dark side (of society etc)
dim (light); dark; dull (color)
metaphor
to hide; to conceal
secretly; inwardly; to oneself
secretly; inwardly
attack by a hidden enemy; a stab in the back
darkroom
gloom
light at the end of the tunnel
to fight openly and maneuver covertly (idiom)
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