Meanings
Readings
Common Words
black
dark; blackish; sun-tanned (skin)
suspicious; criminal; illicit
darkened and dirty; sooty; covered in dirt
evil; wicked; black-hearted
inauspicious; ill-boding; unlucky
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
black
Go (game)
black stone
guilt; guilty person
pitch black
Formal or literary term
jet-black; pitch-dark; raven-black; stygian
darkness
black curtain
wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator; รฉminence grise; power broker
blackboard
darkish; dusky; dark; murky
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
The core concepts or meanings associated with this specific kanji.
Constituents
The visual building blocks used to craft this character's story.
Mnemonic Stories
The new smart barbecue has a computer controller. Unfortunately it glitched and now my steak is black.
My gaming computer overheated and caught on fire and melted into a smoking black brick.
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