Entry
  1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

    to get dark after sunset; to turn to dusk; to fade into twilight

  2. to decline (after a peak); to wane; to lose vigour

  3. to be lost in thought; to be in a pensive mood; to look melancholic

    Colloquial

Also written 黄昏る【たそがれる】

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Characters in this word

2
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yellow

Kun
こ-
On
コウオウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1240 of 2500
Radical
yellow
WaniKani
Level 7

Built from

Used in names as

ういれい

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-4-7, 2-3-8, 2-9-2SKIP code
3k8.16The Kanji Dictionary
4480.6Four corner code
1961deroo
9ec4Unicode hex code
1-18-11JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5399Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
7045New Nelson (John Haig)
2468New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3116Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1596Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2177Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1750Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1887Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1063A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1499Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
469Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
47926PMorohashi
120A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
780Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
794Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
214sakade
1021Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
133henshall3
203Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
993Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1939Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1766Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
huang2Pinyin reading
hwangKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
7WaniKani level
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dark, evening, dusk

Kun
くら.いくれ
On
コン
Strokes
8
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
sun

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
2-4-4SKIP code
4c4.11The Kanji Dictionary
7260.4Four corner code
660fUnicode hex code
1-26-10JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2479Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2431New Nelson (John Haig)
2418New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3073Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2143Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2451Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2526Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
13806Morohashi
hun1Pinyin reading
honKorean reading