黒

黒	Meanings: black On Readings: コク koku Kun Readings: くろ kuro, くろ（い） kuro(i) Most Used Pronunciation: kuro JLPT Level: 3 (see all JLPT 3 kanji) Grade: 2 Kanji Part: 黒 Stroke Number: 11

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Common jukugo
白黒 - しろ　くろ shiro kuro - black and white [lit. white and black]
黒字 - くろじ kuro ji - in the black (financially)

Useful Examples
Japanese: 犬は黒と白の見分けがつく。
Romaji: inu wa kuro to shiro no miwake ga tsuku.
English: Dogs see in black and white.

Japanese: あの黒いかばんはあなたのですか。
Romaji: ano kuroi kaban wa anata no desu ka.
English: Is that black bag yours?

Look alike kanji

Notes/Mnemonic
There is a village [里 - sato] in the BLACK darkness

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.