Kanji Detail for 黎 - "black, many, dawn"

黎

Jinmeiyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
黎 means "black, many, dawn."
1. Black - Dark in color.
2. Many - Numerous; multitude.
3. Dawn - The time just before sunrise.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

dark; black; many

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

surname; numerous, many; black

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

Li ethnic group of Hainan Province; surname Li; abbr. for Lebanon 黎巴嫩[Li2 ba1 nen4]

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

many, numerous; black; surname

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Black. As in calling common people 黎民 (black-haired people). Meaning people with black hair. Or simply called 黎. As in 災黎 (disaster-stricken people) and the like. | 黎明 (daybreak). When the sky is about to brighten but is still dark. As in 黎明卽起 (rise at dawn). | The name of an ethnic minority. Living in the Wuzhi Mountains of Hainan Island, Guangdong. What is called 黎峒 (Li settlements) is this.
Onyomi

rei(れい)

ri(り)
Kunyomi

kuro.i(くろい)

moromoro(もろもろ)

oo.i(おおい)
Strokes

15 strokes
Radical

黍 (kibi)
Related Keywords
black dark many numerous multitude dawn daybreak twilight people masses abundant plentiful deep profound dusky swarthy timing moment opportunity beginning