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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

黎: dark, black

Also: many

JLPT N115 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
  • 𥝢(form)
  • 黍(meaning)

黍 carries the meaning · 𥝢 is drawn in

15 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

レイrei · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 黎明れいめいdaybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey)
  • 萌黎ほうれいthe masses; common people

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 黎族リーぞくLi (people)

Also read リ, くろい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Also read レイ

19 kanji share this on'yomiAll 19

Also read リ

14 kanji share this on'yomiAll 14
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · lí

Same form: 黎 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
黎 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
黎 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin lí most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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