黒 = 里 + 灬

黒 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “black”. It is built from 里 (ri) and 灬 (fire radical). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 186. It appears as a component in 3 other characters in this index.

Keyword: black
RTK frame: 186
Strokes: 11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): コク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): くろ, くろ.ずむ, くろ.い
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: черный
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 黒 black

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 黒

How to find 黒 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “ri” + “fire radical”. 黒 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 黒 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.