昏
dark, evening, dusk
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)
Study
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.