黑
black; dark; sinister; secret; shady; illegal; to hide (sth) away; to vilify; (loanword) to hack (computing)
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #136 U+9ED1
How 黑 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A man's face blacked by soot from a fire 灬
components: 灬
? unknown part
How to remember it
black · Heisig RSH #182
computer + brains + animal horns + horns + flames
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 黑 as their sound component
These characters all use 黑 (hēi) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黑 sound component | hēi | black; dark; evil, sinister |
| 嘿 | hēi | quiet, silent |
| 黩 | dú | to dishonor, to defile, to corrupt; soiled |
Words containing 黑
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黑山县 | Hēi shān Xiàn | Heishan, a county in Jinzhou City 錦州市|锦州市[Jin3 zhou1 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 黑水县 | Hēi shuǐ Xiàn | Heishui, a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 … |
| 黑白不分 | hēi bái bù fēn | can't tell black from white (idiom); unable to distinguish wrong from right |
| 黑子 | hēi zǐ | black piece (in Chinese chess); black stone (in Go); (astronomy) sunspot |
| 黑子 | hēi zi | (slang) hater; detractor |
| 黑人 | hēi rén | black person; an illegal |
| 黑山 | Hēi shān | Montenegro (country); see 黑山縣|黑山县[Hei1 shan1 Xian4] |
| 黑水 | Hēi shuǐ | see 黑水縣|黑水县[Hei1 shui3 Xian4] |
| 黑市 | hēi shì | black market |
| 黑心 | hēi xīn | ruthless and lacking in conscience; vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy; black core (… |
| 黑水城 | Hēi shuǐ Chéng | ruins of Heishui Town of Xixia 西夏[Xi1 Xia4] people, in Ejin Banner 額濟納旗|额济纳旗[E2 ji4 na4 Qi… |
| 天黑 | tiān hēi | to get dark; dusk |
| 黑天 | hēi tiān | night; nightfall |
| 自黑 | zì hēi | (slang) to self-deprecate; to make fun of oneself |
| 黑马 | hēi mǎ | dark horse; fig. unexpected winner |
| 黑白分明 | hēi bái fēn míng | lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom); fig. unambiguous; black-and-white; in sha… |
| 拉黑 | lā hēi | to add sb to one's blacklist (on a cellphone, or in instant messaging software etc); abbr.… |
| 黑海 | Hēi Hǎi | Black Sea |
| 黑白 | hēi bái | black and white; right and wrong; monochrome |
| 黑化 | hēi huà | to blacken; (slang) to undergo a transformation to a malevolent personality (often, precip… |