黒

See also: 黑 and 里

黒 U+9ED2, 黒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9ED2 ← 黑 [U+9ED1] CJK Unified Ideographs 黓 → [U+9ED3]

Translingual

Japanese	黒
Simplified	黑
Traditional	黑

Glyph origin

Variant of 黑. Simplified from 黑, replacing two dots with one stroke. The modern Japanese usage is of reform (shinjitai) nature. Compare 毋, the shinjitai of 母.

Han character

Stroke order (Japan)

黒 (Kangxi radical 203, 黒+0, 11 strokes, cangjie input 田土火 (WGF) or 難田土火 (XWGF), composition ⿱里灬)

Derived characters

• 嘿 𣘸 墨

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1518, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48040
• Dae Jaweon: page 2052, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4743, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9ED2

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 黒 – see 黑 (“black; dark; darkness; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 黑).

Japanese

Shinjitai	黒
Kyūjitai	黑

Kanji

黒

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 黑)

1. black

Readings

• Go-on: こく (koku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: こく (koku, Jōyō)
• Kun: くろ (kuro, 黒, Jōyō)、くろい (kuroi, 黒い, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

• 暗(あん)黒(こく) (ankoku, “dark; darkness”)
• 黒(くろ)帯(おび) (kurōbi, “black belt”)
• 黒(くろ)字(じ) (kuroji, “(accounting) being in the black”)
• 黒(こく)暗(あん) (kokuan, “absolute darkness; absence of virtue”)
• 黒(こく)衣(い) (kokui, “black clothes”)
• 黒(こく)影(えい) (kokuei, “silhouette, dark shadow”)
• 黒(こく)鉛(えん) (kokuen, “graphite”)
• 黒(こく)色(しょく) (kokushoku, “the colour black”)
• 黒(こく)点(てん) (kokuten, “black spot; sunspot”)
• 黒(こく)板(ばん) (kokuban, “blackboard”)
• 黒(こっ)海(かい) (Kokkai, “the Black Sea”)
• 白(しろ)黒(くろ) (shirokuro, “black and white; monochrome”)
• 漆(しっ)黒(こく) (shikkoku, “jet-black”)
• 黒子(ほくろ) (hokuro, “(dermatology) a mole”)
• 真(ま)っ黒(くろ) (makkuro, “pitch black”)
• 黒山(くろやま) (kuroyama, “black mountain”)

Etymology

For pronunciation and definitions of 黒 – see the following entry.

【くろ】 [noun] black (color) [noun] (go) a black stone; the person who plays black stones [noun] a 女房詞 (nyōbō kotoba, “woman's word”) for 鍋 (nabe, “pot, pan”) or 釜 (kama, “pot, kettle”) [noun] (accounting) short for 黒字 (kuroji): black as an accounting term, indicating a profit [noun] (euphemistic) short for 黒幕 (kuromaku): a black curtain (someone influencing or controlling matters from behind the scenes) [noun] guilt; the guilty one, the guilty party [noun] (slang) anarchy as a belief system or philosophy [noun] (slang) an anarchist

(This term, 黒, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

See also

Colors in Japanese · 色(いろ) (iro) (layout · text)

白(しろ) (shiro)	灰(はい)色(いろ) (haiiro), 鼠(ねずみ)色(いろ) (nezumiiro) (dated)	黒(くろ) (kuro)
赤(あか) (aka); 深(しん)紅(く) (shinku), クリムゾン (kurimuzon), 紅(べに)色(いろ) (beniiro), 紅(くれない)色(いろ) (kurenaiiro), 茜(あかね)色(いろ) (akaneiro)	オレンジ (orenji), 橙(だいだい)色(いろ) (daidaiiro); 茶(ちゃ)色(いろ) (chairo), 褐(かっ)色(しょく) (kasshoku)	黄(き)色(いろ) (kiiro); クリーム色(いろ) (kurīmuiro)
黄(き)緑(みどり) (kimidori)	緑(みどり) (midori), 青(あお) (ao) (dated)	若緑(わかみどり) (wakamidori)
シアン (shian); 鴨(かも)の羽色(はねいろ) (kamo no hane iro)	水(みず)色(いろ) (mizuiro)	青(あお) (ao)
菫(すみれ)色(いろ) (sumireiro); 藍(あい)色(いろ) (aiiro), インジゴ (injigo)	マゼンタ (mazenta), 赤紫(あかむらさき) (akamurasaki); 紫(むらさき) (murasaki)	ピンク (pinku), 桃(もも)色(いろ) (momoiro)

Okinawan

Kanji

黒

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Kun: くるー (kurū, 黒)、くるさん (kurusan, 黒さん)

Compounds

Compounds

• 黒(くる)砂(じゃー)糖(たー) (kurujātā) 黒(くる)砂(ざー)糖(たー) (kuruzātā, “brown sugar (partially refined sugar)”)
• 黒(くる)猫(まやー) (kurumayā, “black cat”)

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 黒(くろ) (kuro) and Northern Amami Ōshima 黒 (kuru).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuɾu/

Noun

黒(くるー) (kurū) 

1. black

Derived terms

Compounds

• 黒(くる)砂(じゃー)糖(たー) (kurujātā) 黒(くる)砂(ざー)糖(たー) (kuruzātā, “brown sugar (partially refined sugar)”)
• 黒(くる)猫(まやー) (kurumayā, “black cat”)