Japanese symbol for “tanned”
浅黒い
あさぐろい
Romaji: asaguroi
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
In Japanese, tanned is 浅黒い, read あさぐろい (asaguroi).
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Meanings
- adj-i dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浅い | あさい asai | shallow; superficial |
| 浅瀬 | あさせ asase | shoal; shallows; sand bar |
| 浅見 | せんけん senken | shallow view; superficial idea |
| 浅はか | あさはか asahaka | shallow; superficial; thoughtless |
| 遠浅 | とおあさ tooasa | shoal; wide shallow beach |
| 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 |
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.