Keyword
black
- dark
- evil
- sinister
- Frequency
- #495
- Strokes
- 12
Readings
hēi100%
Mnemonic
A man's face blacked by soot from a fire 灬
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
默silent墨ink嘿hey黔black黛to blacken one's eyebrows黯dark黜to dismiss黝black黟ebony黠sly黩blacken黥to tattoo黢black黧dark黪grey-black
Used in vocabulary
黑
black; dark; sinister; secret; shady; illegal; to hide (sth) away; to vilify; (loanword) to hack (computing)
黑人
black person; an illegal
黑暗
dark; darkly; darkness
黑色
black
黑龙江
Heilong River or Amur River, forming the border between northeast China and Russia
黑白
black and white; right and wrong; monochrome
黑客
(computing) (loanword) hacker
黑帮
bunch of gangsters; criminal gang; organized crime syndicate
黑社会
criminal underworld; organized crime syndicate
黑夜
night
黑洞
(astronomy) black hole
黑龙江省
Heilongjiang Province, capital Harbin 哈尔滨市 (Hā'ěrbīnShì) (short name 黑 (Hēi))
慕尼黑
München or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany
黑丝
black pantyhose; black stockings
黑道
dark road; unlawful activities (contrasted with 白道 (báidào)); the underworld; criminal gangs
黑幕
hidden details; dirty tricks; dark secrets
黑手
(fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes; hidden hand; (Tw) mechanic; blue-collar worker; manual laborer
漆黑
pitch-black
黑山
Montenegro (country)
天黑
to get dark; dusk
黑名单
blacklist
德黑兰
Tehran, capital of Iran
抹黑
to discredit; to defame; to smear sb's name; to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc); to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage); to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words)
暗黑
dark; dim