# 黒

| 黒 | U+9ED2, &#40658; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9ED2 |
| ← 黑 [U+9ED1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 黓 → [U+9ED3] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 黒 |
| Simplified | 黑 |
| Traditional | 黑 |

### Glyph origin

Variant of 黑. Simplified from 黑, replacing two dots with one stroke. The modern Japanese usage is of reform (shinjitai) nature. Compare 毋, the shinjitai of 母.

### Han character

黒 (Kangxi radical 203, 黒+0, 11 strokes, cangjie input 田土火 (WGF) or 難田土火 (XWGF), composition ⿱里灬)

#### Derived characters

* 𣘸, 墨, 𭬯, 𠢴

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1518, character 36
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48040
* Dae Jaweon: page 2052, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4743, character 1
* Unihan data for U+9ED2

## Chinese

* For pronunciation and definitions of 黒 – see 黑 (“black; dark; darkness; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 黑).

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 黒 |
| Kyūjitai | 黑 |

### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 黑)
* black

#### Readings

* Go-on: こく (koku, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: こく (koku, Jōyō)
* Kun: くろ (kuro, 黒, Jōyō)、くろい (kuroi, 黒い, Jōyō)

#### Compounds

* 暗(あん)黒(こく) (ankoku, “dark; darkness”)
* 黒(くろ)帯(おび) (kurōbi, “black belt”)
* 黒(くろ)字(じ) (kuroji, “(accounting) being in the black”)
* 黒(こく)暗(あん) (kokuan, “absolute darkness; absence of virtue”)
* 黒(こく)衣(い) (kokui, “black clothes”)
* 黒(こく)影(えい) (kokuei, “silhouette, dark shadow”)
* 黒(こく)鉛(えん) (kokuen, “graphite”)
* 黒(こく)色(しょく) (kokushoku, “the colour black”)
* 黒(こく)点(てん) (kokuten, “black spot; sunspot”)
* 黒(こく)板(ばん) (kokuban, “blackboard”)
* 黒(こっ)海(かい) (Kokkai, “the Black Sea”)
* 白(しろ)黒(くろ) (shirokuro, “black and white; monochrome”)
* 漆(しっ)黒(こく) (shikkoku, “jet-black”)
* 黒子(ほくろ) (hokuro, “(dermatology) a mole”)
* 真(ま)っ黒(くろ) (makkuro, “pitch black”)
* 黒山(くろやま) (kuroyama, “black mountain”)

### Etymology

For pronunciation and definitions of 黒 – see the following entry. :
| 【くろ】 | [noun] black (color) [noun] (go) a black stone; the person who plays black stones [noun] a 女房詞 (nyōbō kotoba, “woman's word”) for 鍋 (nabe, “pot, pan”) or 釜 (kama, “pot, kettle”) [noun] (accounting) short for 黒字 (kuroji): black as an accounting term, indicating a profit [noun] (euphemistic) short for 黒幕 (kuromaku): a black curtain (someone influencing or controlling matters from behind the scenes) [noun] guilt; the guilty one, the guilty party [noun] (slang) anarchy as a belief system or philosophy [noun] (slang) an anarchist |
(This term, 黒, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### See also

Colors in Japanese · 色(いろ) (iro) (layout · text) :
| 白(しろ) (shiro) | 灰(はい)色(いろ) (haiiro), 鼠(ねずみ)色(いろ) (nezumiiro) (dated) | 黒(くろ) (kuro) |
| 赤(あか) (aka); 深(しん)紅(く) (shinku), クリムゾン (kurimuzon), 紅(べに)色(いろ) (beniiro), 紅(くれない)色(いろ) (kurenaiiro), 茜(あかね)色(いろ) (akaneiro) | 橙(だいだい)色(いろ) (daidaiiro), オレンジ (orenji); 茶(ちゃ)色(いろ) (chairo), 褐(かっ)色(しょく) (kasshoku) | 黄(き)色(いろ) (kiiro); クリーム色(いろ) (kurīmuiro) |
| 黄(き)緑(みどり) (kimidori) | 緑(みどり) (midori), 青(あお) (ao) (dated) | 若(わか)緑(みどり) (wakamidori) |
| 水(みず)色(いろ) (mizuiro), シアン (shian); 鴨(かも)の(の)羽(はね)色(いろ) (kamo no hane iro) | 空(そら)色(いろ) (sorairo), 縹(はなだ) (hanada); 青(あお) (ao) | 紺(こん)藍(あい) (kon'ai); 紺(こん) (kon) |
| 菫(すみれ)色(いろ) (sumireiro); 藍(あい)色(いろ) (aiiro), インジゴ (injigo) | 赤(あか)紫(むらさき) (akamurasaki), マゼンタ (mazenta); 紫(むらさき) (murasaki) | 桃(もも)色(いろ) (momoiro), ピンク (pinku) |

### References
## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: くるー (kurū, 黒)、くるさん (kurusan, 黒さん)

#### Compounds

* 黒(くる)砂(じゃー)糖(たー) (kurujātā) 黒(くる)砂(ざー)糖(たー) (kuruzātā, “brown sugar (partially refined sugar)”)
* 黒(くる)猫(まやー) (kurumayā, “black cat”)

### Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 黒(くろ) (kuro) and Northern Amami Ōshima 黒 (kuru).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kuɾu/

### Noun

黒(くるー) (kurū)
* black

#### Derived terms

* 黒(くる)砂(じゃー)糖(たー) (kurujātā) 黒(くる)砂(ざー)糖(たー) (kuruzātā, “brown sugar (partially refined sugar)”)
* 黒(くる)猫(まやー) (kurumayā, “black cat”)