JLPT N4

黒

black

• 里village
• 灬fire

kun

くろkuroくろ.いkuro.i

on

コクkoku

mnemonic

A VILLAGE (里) over a FIRE (灬): chimney soot. BLACK. "Koku" (コク) as in kokuban, a blackboard.

examples

• 黒いくろいkuroiblack
• 黒くろkuroblack
• 黒板こくばんkokubanblackboard