Entry
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

    reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt

    usu. as 〜に

    彼には教職の経験が無かったが、やみくもにこの世界に飛び込んだ。
    He'd had no experience of teaching, but he plunged in nonetheless.
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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

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Kun
くも-ぐも
On
ウン
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1256 of 2500
Radical
rain
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Used in names as

ずものめ

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-8-4SKIP code
8d4.1The Kanji Dictionary
1073.1Four corner code
3171deroo
96f2Unicode hex code
1-17-32JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5046Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6522New Nelson (John Haig)
2773New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3447Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1774Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2415Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
423Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
452Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1124A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2027Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
478Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
42235Morohashi
78A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
636Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
646Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
47sakade
997Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
83henshall3
213Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
844Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1860Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
430Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yun2Pinyin reading
unKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level