Entry
  1. Taru adjective, Adverb taking the 'to' particle

    dark; gloomy; black; unclear

  2. doleful; discouraged; disappointed; tearful; dispirited

Also written 黯然【あんぜん】闇然【あんぜん】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded

Kun
くら.いくら.むくれ.る
On
アン
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1040 of 2500
Radical
sun
WaniKani
Level 13

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-4-9SKIP code
4c9.2The Kanji Dictionary
6006.1Four corner code
3878deroo
6697Unicode hex code
1-16-37JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2154Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2503New Nelson (John Haig)
1010New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1273Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
689Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
921Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
480Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
519Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1044A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1883Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
576Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14065Morohashi
224A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
348Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
348Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
154sakade
191Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
243henshall3
415Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
107Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
992Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
491Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
an4Pinyin reading
amKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
13WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well

Kun
しかしか.りしか.し
On
ゼンネン
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
401 of 2500
Radical
fire
WaniKani
Level 13

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-8-4SKIP code
4d8.10The Kanji Dictionary
2333.3Four corner code
2540deroo
7136Unicode hex code
1-33-19JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2770Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3435New Nelson (John Haig)
2782New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3456Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1779Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2423Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
241Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
256Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
375A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1788Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
437Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19149Morohashi
528A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
651Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
662Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
450sakade
716Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
557henshall3
592Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
144crowley
401Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1279Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
246Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ran2Pinyin reading
yeonKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
13WaniKani level