Entry
  1. Noun

    stage assistant dressed in black; stagehand; prompter

    Kabuki

  2. behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller

Also written 黒衣【くろご】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
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black

Kun
くろくろ.ずむくろ.い
On
コク
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
573 of 2500
Radical
black
WaniKani
Level 7

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-7-4SKIP code
4d7.2The Kanji Dictionary
6033.1Four corner code
3640deroo
9ed2Unicode hex code
1-25-85JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5403Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
7052New Nelson (John Haig)
2740New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3406Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1754Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2388Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
174Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
186Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
317A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1486Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
286Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
48040Morohashi
124A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
206Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
206Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
80sakade
284Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
137henshall3
204Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
45Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.14busy_people
1940Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
176Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
hei1Pinyin reading
heugKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
7WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

Kun
-こ
On
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
72 of 2500
Radical
child
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

ねっ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-3-1, 4-2-1SKIP code
2c0.1The Kanji Dictionary
1740.7Four corner code
3547deroo
5b50Unicode hex code
1-27-50JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1264Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1281New Nelson (John Haig)
3390New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4196Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2125Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2872Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
95Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
99Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
56A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
38Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
61Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
6930Morohashi
25A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
103Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
31sakade
43Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
40henshall3
18Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
42crowley
69Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.18busy_people
455Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
96Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zi3, zi2, zi5Pinyin reading
jaKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level