黑
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black; dark; sinister; secret; shady; illegal; to hide (sth) away; to vilify; (loanword) to hack (computing)
Formation & memory
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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.
Words with 黑
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黑山县 | Heishan, a county in Jinzhou City 錦州市|锦州市[Jin3 zhou1 Shi4], Liaoning | |
| 黑水县 | 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 | can't tell black from white (idiom); unable to distinguish wrong from right | |
| 黑子 | black piece (in Chinese chess); black stone (in Go); (astronomy) sunspot | |
| 黑子 | (slang) hater; detractor | |
| 黑人 | black person; an illegal | |
| 黑山 | Montenegro (country); see 黑山縣|黑山县[Hei1 shan1 Xian4] | |
| 黑水 | see 黑水縣|黑水县[Hei1 shui3 Xian4] | |
| 黑市 | black market | |
| 黑心 | ruthless and lacking in conscience; vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy; black core (… | |
| 黑水城 | 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 | to get dark; dusk | |
| 黑天 | night; nightfall | |
| 自黑 | (slang) to self-deprecate; to make fun of oneself | |
| 黑马 | dark horse; fig. unexpected winner | |
| 黑白分明 | lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom); fig. unambiguous; black-and-white; in sha… | |
| 拉黑 | to add sb to one's blacklist (on a cellphone, or in instant messaging software etc); abbr.… | |
| 黑海 | Black Sea | |
| 黑白 | black and white; right and wrong; monochrome | |
| 黑化 | to blacken; (slang) to undergo a transformation to a malevolent personality (often, precip… |
Sound family
These characters use 黑 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黑 sound part | black; dark; evil, sinister | |
| 嘿 | quiet, silent | |
| 黩 | to dishonor, to defile, to corrupt; soiled |