KANJI: KOKU kuro (black)

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Character Etymology:

Stylized from a pictograph of flames—炎—under a grate—田—with :: marks indicating soot. The soot stands for black.

A Listing of All On-Yomi and Kun-Yomi Readings:

on-yomi: KOKU
kun-yomi: kuro

Nanori Readings:

Nanori: none

English Definitions:

1. KOKU, kuro: black; dark.
2. kuro(zumu), kuro(zuku): blacken, darken.
3. kuro(bamu), kuro(maru): become blackened, become darkened.
4. kuro(meru): blacken; talk wrong into right.
5. kuro(raka): blackness, deep black.
6. kuro(ku) suru: blacken.
7. kuro(i): black; dark, swarthy, browned; dirty.
8. kuro(ppoi): dark, blackish.

Character Index Numbers:

New Nelson: 7052
Henshall: 124

Unicode Encoded Version:

黒

Unicode Encoded Compound Examples:

黒人 (kokujin): a person of african decent.
黒山 (kuroyama): a large crowd, throng of people.
黒白 (kuro-shiro): black-and-white; good-and-evil.
黒死病 (kokushibyou): the black death

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