黑 — Chinese character
黑
hēi
black; dark; evil, sinister
- Pinyin
- hēi
- Radical
- 203 ⿊ (Black)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 灬
- Formation
- ideographic — A man's face blacked by soot from a fire 灬
- Japanese
- 黑 as a kanji
Common words with 黑
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黑人 | hēi rén | black person; an illegal |
| 黑暗 | hēi àn | dark; darkly |
| 黑色 | hēi sè | black |
| 黑白 | hēi bái | black and white; right and wrong |
| 黑客 | hēi kè | (computing) (loanword) hacker |
| 黑帮 (黑幫) | hēi bāng | bunch of gangsters; criminal gang |
| 黑社会 (黑社會) | hēi shè huì | criminal underworld; organized crime syndicate |
| 黑夜 | hēi yè | night |
| 黑洞 | hēi dòng | (astronomy) black hole |
| 黑丝 (黑絲) | hēi sī | black pantyhose; black stockings |
| 黑道 | hēi dào | dark road; unlawful activities (contrasted with 白道 (bái dào)) |
| 黑幕 | hēi mù | hidden details; dirty tricks |
English words written with 黑
黑 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Zhuangzi 4
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.