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黒
Grade Level: 2
JLPT Level: 3
Frequency: 573
Bushu (Radical) Info: 黒 (くろ) black
Henshall Mnemonic: ground in burnt field is black
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Stroke Order Diagram (SOD): 11 Strokes

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On-Yomi Reading(s):
コク
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Kun-Yomi Reading(s):
くろ
くろ.ずむ
くろ.い
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English Meaning(s):
black
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Popular words and/or phrases using this kanji:
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- 暗黒 [あんこく]
(adj-na,n) darkness [K] [D]
- 黒 [くろ]
(n) (1) black; (2) dark [K] [D]
- 黒い [くろい]
(adj) (1) black; (2) dark [K] [D]
- 黒い霧 [くろいきり]
(n) thick fog [K] [D]
- 黒っぽい [くろっぽい]
(adj) dark; blackish [K] [D]
- 黒衣 [こくい]
(n) black clothes [K] [D]
- 黒煙 [くろけむり]
(n) black smoke [K] [D]
- 黒鉛 [こくえん]
(n) graphite [K] [D]
- 黒海 [こっかい]
Black Sea [K] [D]
- 黒子 [くろこ]
(n) prompter; stagehand; black figures [K] [D]
- 黒子 [ほくろ]
(n) dark mole; face mole; beauty spot; mite [K] [D]
- 黒字 [くろじ]
(n) balance (figure) in the black [K] [D]
- 黒色 [こくしょく]
(n) black colour [K] [D]
- 黒人 [こくじん]
(n) black person [K] [D]
- 黒星 [くろぼし]
(n) black spot; black dot; bull's-eye; failure [K] [D]
- 黒潮 [くろしお]
(n) Japan Current [K] [D]
- 黒白 [くろしろ]
(n) black and white; right and wrong [K] [D]
- 黒板 [こくばん]
(n) blackboard [K] [D]
- 黒幕 [くろまく]
(n) black curtain; wire puller; political fixer [K] [D]
- 黒木 [くろき]
(n) unbarked lumber [K] [D]
- 漆黒 [しっこく]
(n) jet black [K] [D]
- 真っ黒 [まっくろ]
(adj-na,n) pitch black [K] [D]
- 浅黒い [あさぐろい]
(adj) darkish; swarthy [K] [D]
- 大黒柱 [だいこくばしら]
(n) central pillar; mainstay [K] [D]
- 白黒 [しろくろ]
(adj-no,n) black and white [K] [D]
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