黑

Hēi

h+ēi·1st tone

short name for Heilongjiang

Radical: 黑 Strokes: 12 HSK 2

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Common

Same radical

默黠黛黜黔黩黝黯黥黧黟黪

Same radical

默黠黛黜黔黩黝黯黥黧黟黪黢

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Etymology

A man's face blacked by soot from a fire 灬

Meanings

short name for Heilongjiang

Hēi

black

dark

sinister

secret

shady

illegal

to hide (sth) away

to vilify

(loanword) to hack (computing)

hēi

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Words with 黑 596 total

black armband黑纱hēi shā black market黑市hēi shì coal · charcoal · (of skin) darkly pigmented · charcoal (color) · bituminous coal (mining)黑炭hēi tàn black eggshell pottery (of the Neolithic Longshan culture)黑陶hēi táo night; nightfall黑天hēi tiān poison pen letter黑帖hēi tiě unclean · filthy黑龌hēi wò blackmail黑信hēi xìn

Idioms with 黑 55 total Chain

(written) in black and white白纸黑字bái zhǐ hēi zì lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately · to misrepresent the facts · to invert right and wrong颠倒黑白diān dǎo hēi bái

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