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黔

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(literary) black; to blacken

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Strokes
16
Radical
黑 +4
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
黔
Common rank
#2,630
Unicode
U+9ED4

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Formation & memory

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How 黔 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

黑 meaning “black” + 今 sound ( jīn )

Components 黑 今

Words with 黔

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
黔西南布依族苗族自治州 Qián xī nán Bù yī zú Miáo zú Zì zhì zhōu Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Guizhou Province 貴州省|贵州省[Gui4 zhou1 She…
黔南布依族苗族自治州 Qián nán Bù yī zú Miáo zú Zì zhì zhōu Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Guizhou Province 貴州省|贵州省[Gui4 zhou1 Sheng…
黔西南州 Qián xī nán Zhōu see 黔西南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 xi1 nan2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
黔东南州 Qián dōng nán Zhōu see 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 Miao2 zu2 Dong4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
黔东南苗族侗族自治州 Qián dōng nán Miáo zú Dòng zú Zì zhì zhōu Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, in Guizhou Province 貴州省|贵州省[Gui4 zhou1 Sh…
黔西市 Qián xī Shì Qianxi, a county-level city in Bijie City 畢節市|毕节市[Bi4 jie2 Shi4], Guizhou
黔西南 Qián xī nán see 黔西南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 xi1 nan2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
黔江区 Qián jiāng Qū Qianjiang, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
黔东南 Qián dōng nán see 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 Miao2 zu2 Dong4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
黔南州 Qián nán Zhōu see 黔南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 nan2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
黔西 Qián xī see 黔西市[Qian2 xi1 Shi4]
黔南 Qián nán see 黔南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 nan2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
黔江 Qián jiāng see 黔江區|黔江区[Qian2 jiang1 Qu1]
黔首 qián shǒu (archaic) the common people
黔驴技穷 Qián lǘ jì qióng to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)
湘黔 Xiāng Qián Hunan-Guizhou

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 今 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
今 sound part jīn modern, current; today, now
含 hán to hold in the mouth; to contain; to cherish
贪 tān greedy, covetous; corrupt
吟 yín to sing, to hum; to recite; a type of poetry
岑 cén steep, precipitous; peak
矜 jīn to pity, to sympathize, to feel sorry for
衾 qīn quilt, coverlet
妗 jìn mother's brother's wife
侌 yīn old variant of 陰|阴[yin1]
芩 qín salt-marsh plant
衿 jīn collar, lapel
钤 qián lock, latch; to stamp, to seal