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Kanji Detail for 黑 - "black, dark"
黑
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Meaning
黑 means "black, dark." Also associated with ignorant.
Black - The darkest color; absence of light.
Dark - Having little or no light; shadowy.
Ignorant - Lacking knowledge; unenlightened.
Evil - Morally wrong; wicked.
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Origin of 黑
The traditional form of 黒. A smoke-vent blackened by the flames beneath, soot gathering round the hole — though some read the oldest form as a face blackened by tattoo. The Japanese standard writes the upper part as 里.
How to remember it: The window over the hearth, coated in soot — black.
Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com
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Tattoo check: 黑
- Verified meaning: black, dark
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Also carries these associations: ignorant
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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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
black; dark; evil; sinister
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
black; dark; evil, sinister; Kangxi radical 203
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
black; dark; evil, sinister
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A deep dark color. Scientifically, when an object absorbs all sunlight and does not reflect it, it appears black. | Dark. As in 月黑 (moonless night) and the like.
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Strokes
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