The kanji 黒: meaning, readings and stroke order

黒

Meaning: black
On reading: コク koku
Kun reading: くろ kuro、くろ（い） kuroi
Strokes: 11
Radical: 黑 black
Level: Level 2 · grade 2
Old form: 黑

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: màu đen (hắc)
Japanese: くろい。
Korean: 검다, 검은색 (흑)
Chinese: 黑色 (黑)

Readings, words and example sentences

コク koku · on reading

黒こく板ばん
blackboard
先生が 黒こく板ばんに字を書きます。
The teacher writes letters on the blackboard.

くろ kuro · kun reading

黒くろ
black
黒くろと白の犬をかっています。
I have a black and white dog.

くろ（い） kuroi · kun reading

黒くろい
black, dark
黒くろい 雲が出てきました。
Dark clouds have come out.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.