Word Meaning 漆黒

しっこく shikkoku

漆黒 is read as しっこく (shikkoku) and means jet black.

Meaning

English

  1. jet black

Reading

Kana

しっこく

Romaji

shikkoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Antonyms 純白 Rank 13719 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

黒漆

こくしつ

jet black

うるし

Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)

漆器

しっき

lacquer ware

漆塗り

うるしぬり

lacquering

くろ

black

目黒

めぐろ

Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)

真っ黒

まっくろ

pitch black

白黒

しろくろ

black and white

暗黒

あんこく

darkness

黒松

くろまつ

black pine (Pinus thunbergii)

黒い霧

くろいきり

thick fog (of suspicion)

黒幕

くろまく

black curtain

Example Sentences

2

The black angel spread those jet-black wings wide and flew up into the sky.

A creepy cry that sounds like a human voice, velvet black wings, the image of tearing into dead flesh; crows are known across the world as an ill-omened bird that flies down with ill-luck.