<p>His name is written 黒鵺（くろぬえ）according to the <a href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B9%BD%E2%98%86%E9%81%8A%E2%98%86%E7%99%BD%E6%9B%B8_%E5%86%A5%E7%95%8C%E6%AD%BB%E9%97%98%E7%AF%87_%E7%82%8E%E3%81%AE%E7%B5%86#.E7.99.BB.E5.A0.B4.E4.BA.BA.E7.89.A9" rel="nofollow">Japanese Wikipedia</a>.</p>

<p>His name means "black chimera." The <a href="http://jisho.org/words?jap=*%E9%B5%BA*&amp;eng=&amp;dict=edict&amp;tag=&amp;sortorder=relevance" rel="nofollow">Japanese chimera</a> is a mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail.</p>

<p>If you do a Google search for 「黒鵺」, pretty much everything that comes up is about <em>Yuu Yuu Hakusho</em>.</p>

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<p>The only place outside of fanfiction I've seen the name "Kuronue" is in Yu Yu Hakisho, so I suspect they made it up. How is it spelled in kanji in the original media? Or is it ever spelled out? </p>

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How is 'Kuronue' spelled in kanji?
# How is 'Kuronue' spelled in kanji?
Posted by: username_0 on 2014-09-05
The only place outside of fanfiction I've seen the name "Kuronue" is in Yu Yu Hakisho, so I suspect they made it up. How is it spelled in kanji in the original media? Or is it ever spelled out?
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### Answer by username_1 on 2014-09-05. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
His name is written 黒鵺（くろぬえ）according to the [Japanese Wikipedia](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B9%BD%E2%98%86%E9%81%8A%E2%98%86%E7%99%BD%E6%9B%B8_%E5%86%A5%E7%95%8C%E6%AD%BB%E9%97%98%E7%AF%87_%E7%82%8E%E3%81%AE%E7%B5%86#.E7.99.BB.E5.A0.B4.E4.BA.BA.E7.89.A9).

His name means "black chimera." The [Japanese chimera](http://jisho.org/words?jap=*%E9%B5%BA*&eng=&dict=edict&tag=&sortorder=relevance) is a mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail.

If you do a Google search for 「黒鵺」, pretty much everything that comes up is about *Yuu Yuu Hakusho*.
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