This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: コク、くろ、くろ.ずむ、くろ.い
Romaji: koku, kuro, kuro.zumu, kuro.i
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

black

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  203
Frequency:  573
Grade:  2
Skip Pattern:  2-7-4
Korean Reading:  heug
Chinese Reading:  hei1
Unicode:  9ed2
JIS:  3975

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2740
Nelson Index: 5403
New Nelson Index: 7052
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4d7.2
Four Corner Index: 6033.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 124
Gakken Index: 317
Japanese Names Index: 1486
Daikanwanjiten Index: 48040
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.1017
Remembering the kanji Index: 174
Busy People Index: 2.14
Kanji Flashcards Index: 284
Kodansha Compact Index: 1940
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 137
Kanji in Context Index: 45
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1754
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2388
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 176
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 186
Essential Kanji Index: 286
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3406
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3640
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 80
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 204

Words

(くろ)
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
玄人 (くろうと、くろと)
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
暗黒 (あんこく)
darkness
黒色 (こくしょく)
black (colour, color)
大黒 (だいこく)
god of wealth; monk's wife
黒い (くろい)
black; dark; illicit; wicked; underground
黒人 (こくじん)
black person; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
黒木 (くろき)
unbarked lumber
黒髪 (くろかみ、こくはつ)
black hair
黒幕 (くろまく)
black curtain; wire puller; mastermind; political fixer; power broker
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