# 闇 pitch-black darkness

門 (gate) + 音 (sound)
★★☆☆☆
17 strokes
SOLO

## Onyomi

## Mnemonic

| It's pitch black so you'll have to use your bat-like echolocation and find the gate using sound.

## Kunyomi

やみ | absolute darkness ★★☆☆☆

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
闘 | struggle | BEANS | 豆
闇 | pitch-black darkness | SOUND | 音
閥 | clique | PERSON | 人

BEANS make you struggle with farts, and you hear the SOUND even in a pitch-black room.

Cliques are made of a PERSON or people!