Radical 黑 – Black

Pinyin: hēi
Strokes: 12 strokes
Variants: 黒

Meaning

Black, dark, sooty soot

Memory tipA chimney 囱 blackened by fire 灬 below. Characters with 黑 relate to black, darkness and silence: 黑 (black), 墨 (ink – black earth), 默 (silent – a dog 犬 lying still in the dark), and traditional 點 (now 点, dot).

HSK characters with 黑 (3)

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黑hēiHSK 2
默mòHSK 4
墨mòHSK 6

Other 12-stroke radicals

黃Yellow
黍Millet
黹Embroidery

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Radical 黑 – Black

HSK characters with 黑 (3)

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