variant of 暗[an4]

dim; dark; overcast; darkness; shadow; (fig.) dismal; gloomy; somber; murky; shadowy (side)

dusky

dull gray; drab; murky

gloom

dismal; somber

to darken; to become tarnished

to darken

dark and gloomy

secretly; inwardly

at dusk; evening

murk; murkiness

of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)

head spinning and eyes dark (idiom); dizzy; fainting; vertigo

darkness comes before dawn; things can only get better (idiom)

listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)