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嘿

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hey

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
15
Radical
口 +12
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
嘿
Common rank
#4,503
Unicode
U+563F

Formation & memory

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How 嘿 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 meaning “mouth” + 黑 sound ( hēi )

Components 口 黑

How to remember it

Hey! · Heisig RSH #1552

口 mouth + 黑 black

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 嘿

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
阿嘿颜 ā hēi yán variant of 阿黑顏|阿黑颜[a1 hei1 yan2]
嘿咻 hēi xiū (coll.) to make love
嘿嘿 hēi hēi (onom.) he he; mischievous laughter

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 黑 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
黑 sound part hēi black; dark; evil, sinister
黩 dú to dishonor, to defile, to corrupt; soiled