懂中文 Dong Chinese

暗

àn

dark

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 音 represents the sound.

Components
日 meaning component

日  Meaning component

rì

  

sun

音 sound component

音  Sound component

yīn

  

sound

Evolution

暗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
暗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

暗  

àn

dark; obscure; in secret, covert; gloomy; hidden; secret; muddled; in the dark

暗 (晻) 

àn

variant of 暗[àn]

暗 (闇) 

àn

to close (a door); to eclipse; stupid; ignorant

Most common words with 暗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

暗

dark

黑暗

dark

暗示

to hint

暗杀

to assassinate

暗中

in the dark