黒い

Meanings

1. black
2. dark; blackish; sun-tanned (skin)
3. suspicious; criminal; illicit
4. darkened and dirty; sooty; covered in dirt
5. evil; wicked; black-hearted

Part of speech: i-adjective

Kanji

• 黒

  Meanings

  black

  On reading

  コク

  Kun reading

  くろ、くろ.ずむ、くろ.い

  Strokes

  11

Example sentences

• 丈の長い黒いコートを着た、あの長身の男だった。

  It was the tall man in the long, black coat.

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• ナンシーはヘレンよりもほんのすこし色が黒い。

  Nancy is a shade darker than Helen.

  Tatoeba #198990 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 州知事は黒い金に手をつけました。

  The governor took the money out of a slush fund.

  Tatoeba #148233 · CC BY 2.0 FR