黒
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Translingual
| Japanese | 黒 |
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| Simplified | 黑 |
| Traditional | 黑 |
Glyph origin
Variant of 黑. Simplified from 黑, replacing two dots with one stroke. The modern Japanese usage is of reform (shinjitai) nature. Compare 毋, the shinjitai of 母.
Han character
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黒 (Kangxi radical 203, 黒+0, 11 strokes, cangjie input 田土火 (WGF) or 難田土火 (XWGF), composition ⿱里灬)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1518, character 36
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48040
- Dae Jaweon: page 2052, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4743, character 1
- Unihan data for U+9ED2
Chinese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 黒 – see 黑 (“black; dark; darkness; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 黑). |
Japanese
| 黒 | |
| 黑 |
Kanji
黒
(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 黑)
Readings
Compounds
- 暗黒 (ankoku, “dark; darkness”)
- 黒帯 (kurōbi, “black belt”)
- 黒字 (kuroji, “(accounting) being in the black”)
- 黒暗 (kokuan, “absolute darkness; absence of virtue”)
- 黒衣 (kokui, “black clothes”)
- 黒影 (kokuei, “silhouette, dark shadow”)
- 黒鉛 (kokuen, “graphite”)
- 黒色 (kokushoku, “the colour black”)
- 黒点 (kokuten, “black spot; sunspot”)
- 黒板 (kokuban, “blackboard”)
- 黒海 (Kokkai, “the Black Sea”)
- 白黒 (shirokuro, “black and white; monochrome”)
- 漆黒 (shikkoku, “jet-black”)
- 黒子 (hokuro, “(dermatology) a mole”)
- 真っ黒 (makkuro, “pitch black”)
- 黒山 (kuroyama, “black mountain”)
Etymology
| For pronunciation and definitions of 黒 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 黒, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
See also
| 白 (shiro) | 灰色 (haiiro), 鼠色 (nezumiiro) (dated) |
黒 (kuro) |
| 赤 (aka); 深紅 (shinku), クリムゾン (kurimuzon), 紅色 (beniiro), 紅色 (kurenaiiro), 茜色 (akaneiro) |
橙色 (daidaiiro), オレンジ (orenji); 茶色 (chairo), 褐色 (kasshoku) |
黄色 (kiiro); クリーム色 (kurīmuiro) |
| 黄緑 (kimidori) | 緑 (midori), 青 (ao) (dated) |
若緑 (wakamidori) |
| 水色 (mizuiro), シアン (shian); 鴨の羽色 (kamo no hane iro) |
空色 (sorairo), 縹 (hanada); 青 (ao) |
紺藍 (kon'ai); 紺 (kon) |
| 菫色 (sumireiro); 藍色 (aiiro), インジゴ (injigo) |
赤紫 (akamurasaki), マゼンタ (mazenta); 紫 (murasaki) |
桃色 (momoiro), ピンク (pinku) |
References
Okinawan
Kanji
黒
Readings
Compounds
- 黒砂糖 (kurujātā) 黒砂糖 (kuruzātā, “brown sugar (partially refined sugar)”)
- 黒猫 (kurumayā, “black cat”)
Etymology
Cognate with Japanese 黒 (kuro) and Northern Amami Ōshima 黒 (kuru).
Pronunciation
Noun
黒 (kurū)
Derived terms
Compounds
- 黒砂糖 (kurujātā) 黒砂糖 (kuruzātā, “brown sugar (partially refined sugar)”)
- 黒猫 (kurumayā, “black cat”)