Kanji Detail for 昧 - "dark, dim, unclear"

昧

Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
昧 means "dark, dim, unclear."
1. Dark - Dimly lit; lacking light.
2. Ignorant - Not knowing things; foolish.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

dark; foolish

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

obscure, dark; darken

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to conceal; dark

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

dark, hidden, obscure

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Dark. Such as 昧旦, 昧爽, meaning when dawn is approaching but not yet bright. | Not understanding reason is also called 昧. Such as 冒昧 (presumptuous), 昏昧 (confused). | 三昧 is Sanskrit. Meaning right concentration. Refers to eliminating all conditions and focusing on emptiness and stillness. A Buddhist cultivation method. Such as 游戲三昧, meaning entering and leaving concentration naturally. Now also means the profound essence of something, as in 三昧. Such as Huaisu, skilled in cursive script, who said he had attained the 三昧 of cursive calligraphy.
Onyomi

bai(ばい)

mai(まい)
Kunyomi

kura.i(くらい)
Strokes

9 strokes
Radical

日 (hi・hihen・nichi・nichihen)
Related Keywords
dark dim ignorant obscure unclear murky unaware uninformed foolish vague shadowy ambiguous confused blind unenlightened dull hazy opaque twilight dawn