• 519th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 176 words
  • Component in 24 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

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

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for hēi (hei1)The component is pronounced as 'huǒ' (huo3). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for hēi (hei1)The component is pronounced as 'hēi' (hei1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

黑夜 
黑暗 
黑社会 (黑社會)
黑色 

Uncommon

抹黑 
摸黑 
漆黑 
变黑 (變黑)
黑人 
黑客 
黑幕 
黑帮 (黑幫)
黑心 
黑斑 
黑木耳 
黑板 
黑洞 
黑白 
黑色素 
黑芝麻 
黑莓 
黑车 (黑車)
黑道 
黑马 (黑馬)
黑发 (黑髮)
黑龙江 (黑龍江)

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  • 1739th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 50 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
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3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xióng (Xiong2)surname Xiong
2. xióng (xiong2)bear • to scold • to rebuke • brilliant light • to shine brightly

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

熊猫 (熊貓)

Uncommon

北极熊 (北極熊)
大熊猫 (大熊貓)
泰迪熊 
浣熊 
熊市 
熊掌 
熊熊 
熊猫眼 (熊貓眼)
狗熊 
黑熊 

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