黒龍 kokuryū Black Dragon

黒龍 means black dragon, and the dragon is the dragon of Chinese tradition. The word is also written 黒竜, with a simpler form of the character for dragon.

The Japanese word 黒龍 meaning "Black Dragon" is composed of the kanji 黒 (read koku) meaning "black" and 龍 (read ryū) meaning "dragon".

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