黒 – black

11 strokesTaught in grade 2#573 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 黒 means black. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コク (koku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is くろ、くろ.ずむ、くろ.い (kuro, kurozumu, kuroi). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 黑 (no. 203).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コク	koku
Kun’yomi	くろ	kuro
Kun’yomi	くろ.ずむ	kurozumu
Kun’yomi	くろ.い	kuroi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 黑 (Kangxi radical 203). Components: 里・杰.

Words using 黒

黒くろblack黒いくろいblack黒板こくばんblackboard真っ黒まっくろpitch-black黒字くろじ(being in) the black

Example sentences

２匹犬を飼っているが、１匹は白でもう１匹は黒だ。

I have two dogs. One is white and the other black.

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丈の長い黒いコートを着た、あの長身の男だった。

It was the tall man in the long, black coat.

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ナンシーはヘレンよりもほんのすこし色が黒い。

Nancy is a shade darker than Helen.

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Kanji with the same radical

黙

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.