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
secretly; inwardly
secretly; on the sly; inwardly
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret
to be secretly in love with
to be secretly in love with
to imply; to hint at; sth hidden
secret agent; detective
dark nebula (visible as a shadow, absorbing light from behind)
dark nebula that blocks starlight
to assassinate
submerged sandbank; submerged coral islet
underground river
underground water channel; culvert; covered ditch
fig. to feign one thing while doing another
dull (complexion)
dull (complexion)
hidden shoal
hidden shoal
black-winged cuckooshrike bird
black-winged cuckooshrike bird
all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice
all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice
sealed pot calcination (TCM)
armpit boil; axillary furuncle