幽 Kanji for dark

N1Grade 89 strokes

dark, seclude, confine to a room, deep, profound, secluded, faint, tranquil, calm

Kun: ふか.い、かす.か、くら.い、しろ.い
On: ユウ

幽 is the Japanese kanji for dark, seclude, confine to a room, deep, profound, secluded, faint, tranquil, calm. It is written with 9 strokes and appears at JLPT level N1. Its kun reading is ふか.い、かす.か、くら.い and its on reading is ユウ.

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Words with 幽

幽ゆう霊れいghost, specter, spectre
幽ゆう閉へいconfinement, imprisonment, incarceration
幽ゆう暗あんgloom, darkness, seclusion

Practice 幽 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.