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Kanji Detail for 黎 - "black, many, dawn"
黎
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Meaning
黎 means "black, many, dawn."
Black - Dark in color.
Many - Numerous; multitude.
Dawn - The time just before sunrise.
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Tattoo check: 黎
- Verified meaning: black, many, dawn
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read たみ, はじむ, れい)
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 黎
Given names 黎(たみ)
黎(れい)
Surnames 黎(はじむ)
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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.
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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