IDENTITY
黑hēiblack; dark
HSK 2Top 300
CORE MEANING
black; dark
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.blackHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 黑black radical (hēi)
- strokes
- 12
- Structure
- single structure
- IDS sequence
- ⿱⑧灬
- the body
- fire; soot
USAGE
Common words
黑色hēisèblack
黑板hēibǎnblackboard
黑夜hēiyènight
Graded examples
老师把字写在黑板上。Lǎoshī bǎ zì xiě zài hēibǎn shang.HSK3
The teacher writes on the blackboard.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
Fire (灬) sooting up the chimney (里) — black.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #300
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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