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N4 kanji · 11 strokes

黒 means black

里 a sooty chimney · 灬 fire

黒Real origin

Fire below a sooty chimney (now drawn like 里): black.

Real origin: where the kanji comes from, as far as scholars agree.

Meaning and readings

Meaning
black
JLPT level
N4
Strokes
11
School grade
Grade 2 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) くろ kuro

くろ (kuro) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.

Other Japanese readings: くろずむ kurozumu, くろい kuroi

From Chinese (onyomi) コク koku

コク (koku) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.

Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.

Common word

黒い くろい · kuroi

black

Built from

Tap a part to see the N5 and N4 kanji that use it.

里 Used in 19 kanji

See all 5 at N5 and N4

灬 Used in 47 kanji

See all 5 at N5 and N4

The story and the part meanings are Chirami's own. Readings, meanings and the common word come from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, and the strokes from KanjiVG. Spotted a mistake? Email support@brightsmilesolutions.org.