Kanji黒
Readingこく
Frequency20%
Used in (107 in total)
pitch-black; jet-black
black clothes
black (colour, color)
black smoke
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
dark clouds; black clouds
black spot; dark spot; sunspot
god of wealth; (arch.) monk's wife
silhouette; dark shadow
black swan (Cygnus atratus)
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
Dark Continent (i.e. Africa)
black and white; right and wrong
plague; Black Death
blackboard eraser
the dark side; the seamy side
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
black terracotta; black soil
black powder; gunpowder
sky-darkening dust storm
deep brown; dark tea (e.g. Chinese pu'er tea); fermented tea
black line; linea nigra; pregnancy line
black lacquer; black-lacquered object; jet black
Mahakala (incarnation of Mahesvara); Daikokuten; god of wealth
bituminous coal
eclipse period (in viral lifecycle); eclipse phase; dark age
black slave; black person
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice; black rice
black spot; black speck
blackening; going black; turning black
butoh; style of contemporary Japanese dance featuring dancers in white paint
second of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and southwest)
purple spot (on a plant)
Buddhist priest who is also an important politician
black liquor
African American spiritual; Negro spiritual; black spiritual
blackboard eraser
black (i.e. African-American) soldier; buffalo soldier
noh mask used for old man roles (usu. black)
Heilongjiang Province (China)
lentigo; mole
bouffant cloth cap (traditionally worn by old people and monks)
sudden rain shower in a dust storm
black cataract; amaurosis
black university (e.g. in the US); black college
substantia nigra
jet (gemstone)
black horse
African American Vernacular English; AAVE; Black English; ebonics
Black History Month; African-American History Month
solar lentigo; sun spot; liver spot; lentigo solaris
white rat; white rat that serves Daikoku (god of wealth)
black body (object that absorbs all electromagnetic radiation)
Black Dragon Society (1901-1946); Amur River Society; Kokuryūkai
melanocarcinoma; melanotic carcinoma
platinum black (black powdered platinum, often used as a catalyst)
kala-azar; black fever; visceral leishmaniasis
black stools
bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis)
Daurian jackdaw (Corvus dauuricus)
horned dung beetle (Copris ochus)
brent goose (Branta bernicla); brant; brant goose
Eurasian jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
darkness; blackness; Kalaratri (Deva)
black leprosy