Memory phrase for the Kanji: 黒


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Meaning

black

Pronunciation

KOKU
kuroi

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

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

Radicals

blackComprises village and fire . but here: seen as a cooking pot, whose underside is stained black.
village
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Vocabulary

 黒い  くろい  black, dark
 黒雲  くろくも  dark (black) clouds
 黒板  こくばん  blackboard
 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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