Moto 黒: BlackKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- コク
- Kun'yomi
- くろ、くろ(ずむ)、くろ(い)
- Level
- JLPT N4Jōyō, grade 2
- Words
- 428 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (コク)
- 黒人こくじんblack person
- 黒海こっかいBlack Sea
- 黒煙こくえんblack smoke
- 黒鉛こくえんgraphite
- 大黒柱だいこくばしらcentral pillar (of a building)
- 暗黒あんこくdarkness
- 黒板こくばんblackboard
- 黒衣こくいblack clothes
- 漆黒しっこくjet black
- 黒曜石こくようせきobsidian
- 黒点こくてんblack spot; dark spot
- 黒鳥こくちょうblack swan (Cygnus atratus)
- ヒステリー性黒内障ヒステリーせいこくないしょうhysteric amaurosis
- 二黒じこくsecond of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and southwest)
- 冷たい暗黒物質つめたいあんこくぶっしつcold dark matter
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 黒字くろじ(being in) the black; surplus
- 黒くろblack
- 黒星くろぼしblack spot; black dot
- 黒木くろきunbarked lumber
- 白黒しろくろblack and white; monochrome
- 黒いくろいblack
- 黒っぽいくろっぽいdark; blackish
- 黒潮くろしおKuroshio Current; Japan Current
- 黒幕くろまくblack curtain
- 黒色くろいろblack (colour, color)
- 浅黒いあさぐろいdark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy
- 真っ黒まっくろpitch black
- 黒い霧くろいきりthick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy
- 黒ずむくろずむto blacken; to darken
- 黒光りくろびかりblack lustre; black luster
- 黒土くろつちblack terracotta; black soil
- 黒地くろじblack ground; black cloth
- 黒塗りくろぬりblackened; black-painted
- 黒山くろやまlarge crowd; mass of people
- 黒松くろまつblack pine (Pinus thunbergii); Japanese black pine
- 黒猫くろねこblack cat
- 黒白くろしろblack and white; right and wrong
- 黒砂糖くろざとう(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
- 黒船くろふねblack ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853
- 黒髪くろかみblack hair
- お歯黒おはぐろtooth blackening
- か黒いかぐろいdeep black
- がん黒がんぐろganguro; young girl who heavily tans her skin, bleaches her hair and wears heavy make-up
- どす黒いどすぐろいdarkish; dusky
- まっ黒まっくろpitch black
- アメリカ胸黒アメリカむなぐろAmerican golden plover (Pluvialis dominica)
- アメリカ黒熊アメリカくろくまAmerican black bear (Ursus americanus)
- ヨーロッパ胸黒ヨーロッパむなぐろEurasian golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
- 中黒なかぐろmiddle dot; centred period
- 喉黒千鳥のどぐろちどりshore dotterel (Thinornis novaeseelandiae); shore plover
- 嘴黒阿比はしぐろあびcommon loon (Gavia immer); great northern diver
- 嘴黒鶲はしぐろひたきnorthern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
- 墨に染まれば黒くなるすみにそまればくろくなるpeople are formed by their surroundings; walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble
- 大西洋黒鮪たいせいようくろまぐろnorthern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus); Atlantic bluefin tuna
Other readings
- 黒子ほくろmole; lentigo
- 付け黒子つけぼくろfake beauty mark
- 偽黒筋銀宝にせくろすじぎんぽsabre-toothed blenny (Aspidontus taeniatus)
- 入れ黒子いれぼくろfake beauty mark; drawn-on beauty spot
- 八重山一黒子やえやまひとつぼくろtall shield orchid (Nervilia aragoana)
- 千島黒海苔ちしまくろのりPyropia kurogii (species of red algae)
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