Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 黒


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Meaning

black

Pronunciation

KOKU
kuroi

Explanation

Top: village (here: as cooking pot), bottom: fire

Mnemonic

The underside of the cooking pot on fire has been stained black.

Radicals

black(Comprises village and fire . but here: seen as a cooking pot, whose underside is stained black.)
village
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Vocabulary

黒い くろい black, dark
黒雲 くろくも dark (black) clouds
黒板 こくばん blackboard
真っ黒 まっくろ pitch black
黒字 くろじ balance (figure) in the black
黒人 こくじん black person​


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