àn
dark
Phonosemantic compound. 黑 represents the meaning and 音 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 黯
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
dark | ||
dim | ||
to lose one's splendor | ||
dark | ||
overwhelming sadness (idiom); sorrow at parting |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
2881st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 21 |
Unicode | U+9EEF |
Shuowen | “黯，深黑也。从黑，音聲。” |
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