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黒

black
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingコク
Kun readingくろ、くろ.ずむ、くろ.い
JōyōGrade 2
  1. black stone
  2. guilt
  3. guilty person

Popular Usage

黒い黒板黒字

Radicals and components

Radical黑blackComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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computer · oven-fire (灬) · barbecue (灬)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 186

Compound words

黒いくろい
black; dark; blackish; sun-tanned (skin); suspicious
黒板こくばん
blackboard
黒字くろじ
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
黒鉛こくえん
graphite
黒海こっかい
Black Sea
黒色くろいろ
black (colour, color)
黒人こくじん
black person; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
黒星くろぼし
black spot; black dot; bull's-eye; mark indicating a defeat; loss
黒潮くろしお
Kuroshio Current; Japan Current
黒幕くろまく
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator; éminence grise
黒木くろき
unbarked lumber
漆黒しっこく
jet-black; pitch-dark; raven-black; stygian
白黒しろくろ
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
黒衣こくい
black clothes
黒煙こくえん
black smoke
黒白くろしろ
black and white; right and wrong
暗黒あんこく
darkness
目黒めぐろ
Meguro City (special ward of Tokyo); Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
黒い霧くろいきり
thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.
浅黒いあさぐろい
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
大黒柱だいこくばしら
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider; main man
真っ黒まっくろ
pitch black
黒っぽいくろっぽい
dark; blackish

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

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