黒 — black

Grade 2 kanji · 11 strokes · on'yomi koku · kun'yomi kuro.

Soot (里) + fire (灬) — black soot from a fire.

Example words

• 黒い — kuroi — black
• 黒板 — kokuban — blackboard

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