闇 pitch-black darkness

門 (gate) + 音 (sound)

Onyomi

Mnemonic

It's pitch black so you'll have to use your bat-like echolocation and find the gate using sound.

Kunyomi

やみ	absolute darkness ★★☆☆☆

Lookalikes

	Meaning	Hint	Radical
闘	struggle	BEANS	豆
闇	pitch-black darkness	SOUND	音
閥	clique	PERSON	人

BEANS make you struggle with farts, and you hear the SOUND even in a pitch-black room.

Cliques are made of a PERSON or people!