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Radical “black”

12 strokes

Meaning

black

Japanese name
くろ
Strokes
12 strokes
Position in a kanji
Standalone or varies
Radical no.
203

Variant forms

Inside a kanji, this radical is often written in these forms.

  • 11 strokes

    黒 · くろ

    Standalone or varies

Kanji containing this radical

Includes the 3 kanji filed under this radical in dictionaries, plus others that contain it as a component.

4 kanji

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More kanji with this radical

Kanji outside this site’s study lists (no page yet). Faded ones are rare. Hover a character for its meaning and readings.

  • 黔black
  • 黜draw back
  • 黝black
  • 點point
  • 黠crafty
  • 黥tatooing
  • 黨party
  • 黯black
  • 黴mold
  • 黶mole
  • 黷make dirty