Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    attack under the cover of darkness

  2. surprise attack; sneak attack

Also written 闇討【やみうち】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

get dark, gloom, disorder

Kun
やみくら.い
On
アンオン
Strokes
17
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
1969 of 2500
Radical
gate
WaniKani
Level 48

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (20)
CodeReference
3-8-9SKIP code
8e9.5The Kanji Dictionary
7760.1Four corner code
95c7Unicode hex code
1-16-39JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4969Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6414New Nelson (John Haig)
3332New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4134Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2846Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2777Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1748Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1758A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2709Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1899Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41421Morohashi
349Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
an4Pinyin reading
amKorean reading
48WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

chastise, attack, defeat, destroy, conquer

Kun
う.つ
On
トウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
528 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 26

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-7-3SKIP code
7a3.3The Kanji Dictionary
0460.0Four corner code
3048deroo
8a0eUnicode hex code
1-38-04JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4316Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5561New Nelson (John Haig)
1456New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1846Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
977Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1324Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
340Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
364Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
466A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
642Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35231Morohashi
945A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1018Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1057Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
849sakade
1740Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
956henshall3
910Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
946Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1663Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
346Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
tao3Pinyin reading
toKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
26WaniKani level