黒
black
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
11 / 11
Information
Grade:2
Strokes:11
JLPT:4
Frequency:573
Vocabulary
コク
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黒鉛 | コクエン | graphite |
| 黒色 | コクショク | black (colour, color) |
| 黒人 | コクジン | black person; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes |
| 黒板 | コクバン | blackboard |
| 黒衣 | コクイ | black clothes |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黒人 | くろうと | expert; professional; master; connoisseur; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes |
| 黒 | くろ | black; black stone; guilt; guilty person |
| 黒い | くろい | black; dark; blackish; sun-tanned (skin); suspicious; criminal; illicit; darkened and dirty; sooty; covered in dirt; evil; wicked; black-hearted; inauspicious; ill-boding; unlucky |
| 黒っぽい | くろっぽい | dark; blackish |
| 黒海 | こっかい | Black Sea |
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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
墨
India ink, Mexico, black ink, ink stick
Grade 8JLPT 1
黙
become silent, leave as is, silence, stop speaking
Grade 8JLPT 1
薫
be scented, fragrant, send forth fragrance, smoke (tobacco)
Grade 8JLPT 1
勲
merit, meritorious deed
Grade 8JLPT 1
野
civilian life, field, plains, rustic
Grade 2JLPT 4
時
hour, time
Grade 2JLPT 5
里
league, parent's home, ri, village
Grade 2JLPT N/A
鳥
bird, chicken
Grade 2JLPT 4
照
bashful, compare, illuminate, shine
Grade 4JLPT 2
景
scenery, view
Grade 4JLPT 3