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  1. 黑 is the 519th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 87 words.
  4. appears as a component in 24 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (black)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Hei1 - abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]
  2. hei1 - black/dark/(loanword) to hack

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 黑 (hei1): The component 灬 is pronounced as 'huo3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 黑 (hei1): The component 黑 is pronounced as 'hei1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
黑暗 
黑色 

Medium Frequency

摸黑 
漆黑 
黑人 
黑夜 
黑客 
黑幕 
黑帮 (黑幫)
黑心 
黑木耳 
黑板 
黑白 
黑社会 (黑社會)
黑色素 
黑芝麻 
黑莓 
黑龙江 (黑龍江)

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Meta:

  1. 夜 is the 664th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 84 words.
  4. appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (lid), (human), (go), (dot)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ye4 - night

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
夜间 (夜間)

Medium Frequency

今夜 
午夜 
半夜 
夜夜 
夜宵 
夜店 
夜晚 
夜景 
夜班 
夜空 
夜里 (夜裡)
夜猫子 (夜貓子)
宵夜 
年夜 
年夜饭 (年夜飯)
日夜 
昨夜 
深夜 
熬夜 
黑夜 

Appears In:

also appears in:
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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