Japanese symbol for “blackened”
黒塗り
くろぬり
Romaji: kuronuri
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blacked out
In Japanese, blackened is 黒塗り, read くろぬり (kuronuri).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blacked out
- n blackened thing
Written forms: 黒塗り、黒塗、黒ぬり. Readings: くろぬり.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黒人 | こくじん kokujin | black person |
| 黒い | くろい kuroi | black |
| 黒字 | くろじ kuroji | (being in) the black; surplus |
| 黒板 | こくばん kokuban | blackboard |
| 暗黒 | あんこく ankoku | darkness |
| 白黒 | しろくろ shirokuro | black and white; monochrome |
| 塗る | ぬる nuru | to paint; to spread; to plaster |
| 塗装 | とそう tosou | coating; painting |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.