Kanji 暮: "evening, twilight, season's end"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 暮

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 暮くらすto live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to get along; to get by · to make a living; to earn a livelihood
• 暮くらし(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances
• 日ひが暮くれるto set (sun); to become dark
• 暮くれるto get dark; to grow dark · to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to close
• 夕ゆう暮ぐれevening; dusk; twilight
• 一人ひとり暮ぐらしliving by oneself; living alone
• 途と方ほうに暮くれるto be at a loss; to be puzzled
• 野や暮ぼboorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth
• 明あけ暮くれるto spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to be absorbed (in) · to pass (of days)
• 日ひ暮ぐれtwilight; sunset; dusk; evening
• 暮くれsunset; sundown; nightfall; dusk · end; close
• 夕ゆう暮ぐれ時どきtime around sunset; early evening

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