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Kotomora

昏

dark, evening, dusk

StatusJinmeiyōStrokes8

Readings

On'yomi

  • コン

Kun'yomi

  • くら.い
  • くれ

Meaning

昏 centers on the dimming of light at day's end: the darkness of evening and dusk.

Most common words using 昏

  • 黄昏たそがれ
    N1

    dusk; twilight

  • 昏睡こんすい
    N1

    coma

  • 昏倒こんとう

    falling (down) unconscious; fainting (and collapsing)

  • 昏々こんこん

    fast asleep; dead to the world

  • 昏冥こんめい

    darkness; gloom

  • 昏睡状態こんすいじょうたい

    comatose state

  • 昏迷こんめい

    stupefaction; stupor; unconsciousness; confusion

  • 昏迷状態こんめいじょうたい

    befuddled (bewildered, confused) state; stupor

  • 神々の黄昏かみがみのたそがれ

    Twilight of the Gods (music drama by Richard Wagner); Götterdämmerung

  • 黄昏るたそがる

    to get dark after sunset; to turn to dusk; to fade into twilight

  • 黄昏れるたそがれる

    to get dark after sunset; to turn to dusk; to fade into twilight

  • 黄昏時たそがれどき

    dusk; twilight

  • 黄昏鳥たそがれどり

    lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

Explore all words using 昏 →

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Etymology

昏 combines 氏 (a pictograph of a person bending down) with 日 (sun), suggesting the sun lowering as a person bends, representing dusk or darkness.

Meaning mnemonic

The sun 日 is setting below a person bending down 氏, bringing darkness and evening.

Reading mnemonic

For コン, imagine a con man sneaking around at dusk: con -> コン, and the darkness hides his tricks.