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Kanji Detail for 暮 - "dusk, to live, evening"

暮

  • Meaning

    暮 means "dusk, to live, evening."

    1. Dusk - Evening; sunset; twilight.

    2. To live - Daily life; livelihood.

  • Words using 暮

    • 暮らし くらし Listen (way of) life; lifestyle; living
    • 歳暮 せいぼ Listen year-end gift; end of the year; year end
    • 明け暮れ あけくれ Listen morning and evening; daily routine; to spend all one's time doing
    • 日暮れ ひぐれ Listen twilight; sunset; dusk
    • 暮らす くらす Listen to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to get along
    • 野暮 やぼ Listen boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined
    • お歳暮 おせいぼ Listen year-end gift; end of the year; year end

  • Four-character idioms with 暮

    • 朝令暮改 ちょうれいぼかい Listen an unsettled course of action; (orders or laws) being revised often with no guiding principles
    • 暮色蒼然 ぼしょくそうぜん Listen dusky; somber light of a gathering dusk
    • 朝三暮四 ちょうさんぼし Listen being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance; six of one and half a dozen of another
    • 朝雲暮雨 ちょううんぼう Listen sexual liaison; morning clouds and evening rain

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    • Verified meaning: dusk, to live, evening
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read くれ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 暮

    Given names 暮(くれ)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    evening; twilight; season's end; livelihood; make a living; spend time

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    evening, dusk, sunset; ending

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    evening; sunset

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    dusk, evening, sunset; ending

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

    When the sun is about to set. | Metaphor for the end of a period. Old age is called 暮年. Late in the year is called 歲暮. Declining spirits are called 暮氣.

  • Onyomi

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    bo(ボ) ボ

  • Kunyomi

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    ku.rasu(く-らす) く-らす

    ku.reru(く-れる) く-れる

  • Strokes

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    14 strokes

  • Radical

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    日 (hi・hihen・nichi・nichihen)

  • Related Keywords

    dusk live evening end of a period living livelihood darkness nightfall sunset twilight daily life

Sentences including 暮

  • She lives in new york.

  • He never goes out after dark.

  • I began living by myself.

  • He lives in quiet.

  • She has lived alone ever since her husband died.

  • He is better off now than he was five years ago.

  • I am accustomed to living alone.

  • We live in peace.

  • The old man lived by himself.

  • The night falls fast in winter.

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