Keyword
black
Info
FrequencyTop 200-300
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 9
Heisig186
Old form
Readings
くろ
(73%)
こく
(21%)
ぐろ
(4%)
Composed of
home village
fire sparks
Mnemonic

The bandits set a fire under my home village burning it to the ground, leaving behind nothing but black smoke and ashes.

Used in kanji (2 in total)
black ink
blue-black
Used in vocabulary (452 in total)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
Examples (194 in total)
That boy's hair is black.
That boy has black hair.
That black one is mine.