See also: and
U+9ED2, 黒
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9ED2

[U+9ED1]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9ED3]

Translingual edit

Japanese
Simplified
Traditional

Glyph origin edit

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

Han character edit

Stroke order (Japan)
 

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

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • 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 edit

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

Japanese edit

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji edit

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. black

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Etymology edit

 
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(kuro): the color black.
Kanji in this term
くろ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

⟨kuro1/kuro/

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE). In turn, from Proto-Japonic *kuro.

Via root morpheme *kur, cognates include:

Possibly also cognate with Ainu kur (shadow) and Korean 구름 (gureum, cloud); compare also Japanese (kumo, cloud), Korean 검— (geom-, black), and Ainu kunne (black; dark).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(くろ) (kuro

  1. black (color)
    Antonym: (shiro)
  2. (go) a black stone; the person who plays black stones
    Synonym: 先手 (sente)
  3. a 女房詞 (nyōbō kotoba, woman's word) for (nabe, pot, pan) or (kama, pot, kettle)
  4. (accounting) short for 黒字 (kuroji): black as an accounting term, indicating a profit
  5. (euphemistic) short for 黒幕 (kuromaku): a black curtain (someone influencing or controlling matters from behind the scenes)
  6. guilt; the guilty one, the guilty party
    Synonym: 有罪 (yūzai, guilt)
    Antonym: (shiro, innocence)
  7. (slang) anarchy as a belief system or philosophy
    Synonym: 無政府主義 (museifu shugi)
  8. (slang) an anarchist
    Synonym: 無政府主義者 (museifu shugi-sha)

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Related terms edit

See also edit

Colors in Japanese · (いろ) (iro) (layout · text)
     (しろ) (shiro)      (はい)(いろ) (haiiro),
(ねずみ)(いろ) (nezumiiro) (dated)
     (くろ) (kuro)
             (あか) (aka); (しん)() (shinku),
クリムゾン (kurimuzon),
(べに)(いろ) (beniiro),
(くれない)(いろ) (kurenaiiro),
(あかね)(いろ) (akaneiro)
             オレンジ (orenji),
(だいだい)(いろ) (daidaiiro); (ちゃ)(いろ) (chairo),
(かっ)(しょく) (kasshoku)
             ()(いろ) (kiiro); クリーム(いろ) (kurīmuiro)
             ()(みどり) (kimidori)              (みどり) (midori),
(あお) (ao) (dated)
             若緑(わかみどり) (wakamidori)
             シアン (shian); (かも)羽色(はねいろ) (kamo no hane iro)              (みず)(いろ) (mizuiro)              (あお) (ao)
             (すみれ)(いろ) (sumireiro); (あい)(いろ) (aiiro),
インジゴ (injigo)
             マゼンタ (mazenta),
赤紫(あかむらさき) (akamurasaki); (むらさき) (murasaki)
             ピンク (pinku),
(もも)(いろ) (momoiro)

References edit

  1. ^ 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Okinawan edit

Kanji edit

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Japanese (くろ) (kuro) and Northern Amami-Oshima (kuru).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(くるー) (kurū

  1. black

Derived terms edit