Japanese Kanji

mai

dark · foolish

Secondary school · 9 strokes

Readings

  • ONマイmai
  • ONバイbai
  • KUNくら.いkura
  • KUNむさぼ.るmusabo

Meaning

Dark, foolish.

Stroke order for 昧

昧 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. With 9 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.

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