黎
黎 — Dark
dark, black, many
On’yomiレイ (rei)
On’yomiリ (ri)
Kun’yomiくろい (kuroi)
Stroke order (15 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 黎
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黎明 | れいめい reimei | daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey) |
Study notes
黎 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2335 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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