Memory phrase for the character: 黒

黒

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Meaning

black

Pronunciation

KOKU
kuroi

Explanation

 Top: village 里 (here: 里 as cooking pot), bottom: fire 灬

Mnemonic
 
The underside of the cooking pot on fire has been stained black.

Radicals

黒 blackComprises village 里 and fire 灬. but here 里 is seen as a cooking pot, whose underside is stained black.
里 village




 Vocabulary

黒い くろい  black, dark
黒雲 くろくも  dark (black) clouds
黒板 こくばん  blackboard
貿易黒字 ぼうえきくろじ  trade surplus
真っ黒 まっくろ  pitch black
黒字 くろじ  balance (figure) in the black
黒人 こくじん  black person

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