黒 means black
Fire under the house turns everything sooty black.
On'yomi
- コクkoku
Kun'yomi
- くろkuro
- くろ(ずむ)kurozumu
- くろ(い)kuroi
How it's built
- 里village
- 灬fire
Common words
- 黒くろblack
- 黒子ほくろmole; lentigo
- 黒人こくじんblack person
- 黒字くろじ(being in) the black; surplus
Through history
Oracle bone
Bronze
Seal- Today