Memory phrase for the character: 黒

黒

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Meaning

black

Pronunciation

KOKU
kuroi

Explanation

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

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

Radicals

黒 blackComprises village 里 and fire 灬. but here 里 is seen as a cooking pot, whose underside is stained black.
里 village




 Vocabulary

黒い くろい  black, dark
黒雲 くろくも  dark (black) clouds
黒板 こくばん  blackboard
貿易黒字 ぼうえきくろじ  trade surplus​
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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