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黎 means 'dark'

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Strokes : 15    Frequency: 2590   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-6    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 6 words   Used in 8 words   Used in 82 names   Component in 4 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
On
   レイ
On   
Kun    くろ dark, black, many
Name   
Upper component exists as a kanji 𥝢 (the grain and the hilted sword) but not visible on most systems.
⿱  ⿰   grain  ⿻   wrap   () katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from   the water man  
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黎 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 黎 is used 6 times, read 1 way.
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noun
1. daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey)
2. dawn (of a new age)
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An additional レイ less common words include 黎 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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レイ    dark, black   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
wrap
grain
the water man
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スイ   みず water   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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