暮

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ:れる・くらす

画数かくすう: 14 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 日(ひ)

Meaning

Dusk / Get Dark / Live / Spend (Time)

  • 夕暮ゆうぐれ — dusk; twilight
  • 日暮ひぐれ — sundown
  • 歳暮せいぼ — year-end gift
  • 暮色ぼしょく — twilight colors
  • れる — to get dark (at sunset)
  • くらす — to live; to get by

The kanji 暮 combines the 日 (sun) radical with elements suggesting cover/shade, evoking the end of the day—sunset or twilight. It also extends to the idea of daily living.

Common in poetic/seasonal phrases and everyday expressions about lifestyle or routines.

れるのが はやく なりました。
The sun sets earlier now.

田舎いなかしずかに らしたいです。
I want to live quietly in the countryside.

夕
Creates
夕暮ゆうぐれ — dusk; twilight
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