• 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.

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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  • 1013th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 76 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dòng (dong4)cave • hole • zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dòng (dong4)The component is pronounced as 'tóng' (tong2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for dòng (dong4)The component is pronounced as 'tòng' (tong4). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

洞察 
漏洞 
空洞 
耳洞 

Uncommon

地洞 
山洞 
洞口 
洞天 
洞察力 
洞庭湖 
洞悉 
洞房 
洞房花烛夜 (洞房花燭夜)
洞穴 
溶洞 
漏洞百出 
破洞 
闹洞房 (鬧洞房)
黑洞 
龙洞 (龍洞)

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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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