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黒 means 'black'

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Strokes : 11    Radical number: 203    Frequency: 415   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-7    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 13    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 276 words   Used in 350 words   Used in 1713 names   Component in 5 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   コク
Kun
   くろ   くろい black
Additional readings
Kun    くろずむ
Variants
⿊   黑  
Notes
See essay 1227 on 玄 (mysterious; 'black' radical), because Sidebar 6 has a small discussion about 黒. Of all the Jōyō kanji, this radical is on duty only in 黙 (silent). It's also a component in 墨 (black ink).
Components
⿱  里 village  灬 (火) fire  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 黒 is used 12 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 黒 is used 316 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
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コク : 84 words FIND ALL
こ く ば ん 0
noun
blackboard
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コク (read as こっ) : 5 words FIND ALL
Black Sea
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くろ : 196 words FIND ALL
く ろ い 2
1. black
2. dark
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くろ (read as ぐろ) : 31 words FIND ALL
は ら ぐ ろ い 4
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
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An additional くろ.い less common words include 黒 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 137 (originally: 124)  Joy o' Kanji : 124  Key to Kanji: 350 

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黒
コク   くろ    くろい black   
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里
リ   さと village   
灬
fire
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