Is くろじん a word?


I used to call black people くろじん, either because I mistakenly read 黒人{こくじん} as
such or because I heard it somewhere (or both), until I was told by another
Japanese learner that こくじん is more politically correct.

Looking into it, I can't find the word in the dictionary.

I actually used くろじん for a while and was never corrected on it. I learned こくじん
by asking what it meant, after someone said it.

Is this all my mistake, or is it actually a word? If so, is it derogatory?




It is not a word. Perhaps people understood what you were saying and had not
bothered to correct you. When on-reading is mistakenly read as kun-reading, it
is often easy to tell what you mean even if it is not correct.




It is not a word. Perhaps people understood what you were saying and had not
bothered to correct you. When on-reading is mistakenly read as kun-reading, it
is often easy to tell what you mean even if it is not correct.

