黒暗

Japanese
Kanji in this term
黒 暗
こく
Grade: 2		 あん
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
黑暗 (kyūjitai)
黒闇

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 黑暗 (MC hək̚ ʔʌmH, “black darkness”). Compare modern Mandarin 黑暗 (hēi'àn).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) こくあん [kòkúáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞kɯ̟ᵝã̠ɴ]

Noun

黒(こく)暗(あん) • (kokuan) 

  1. absolute darkness
  2. (Buddhism) a complete lack of virtue or wisdom
  3. (color) pure black

Derived terms
  • 黒(こく)暗(あん)暗(あん) (kokuan'an, “pure black”)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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