Kokushibo

黒死牟

literallyblack + death + pupil

Upper Rank One.

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黒blackコクくろくろ.ずむくろ.い11 strokes · taught in grade 2 死death, dieシし.ぬし.に-6 strokes · taught in grade 3 牟pupil (eye), moo (cow sound)ボウム6 strokes

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The same characters show up in everyday Japanese. This is where one anime word turns into ten real ones.

黒

黒字くろじthe black
黒くろblack
黒人こくじんblack person
黒海こっかいBlack Sea
黒星くろぼしblack spot

死

死しdeath
死者ししゃdead person
脳死のうしbrain death
死亡しぼうdeath
二死にしtwo out

黒・死 — every one of these is a square on the grid of 2,136 jōyō kanji. Three a day, quizzed through real words.

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