• 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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  • 949th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 69 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ze2)pool • pond • (of metals etc) lustre • favor or beneficence • damp • moist

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

光泽 (光澤)
毛泽东 (毛澤東)
润泽 (潤澤)
色泽 (色澤)

Uncommon

新泽西 (新澤西)
李泽楷 (李澤楷)
江泽民 (江澤民)
沼泽 (沼澤)
福泽 (福澤)
菏泽 (菏澤)
丰泽 (豐澤)
迎泽 (迎澤)
黑泽明 (黑澤明)

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  • 121st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.16% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 352 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. míng (Ming2)Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) • surname Ming • Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
2. míng (ming2)bright • opposite: dark 暗[an4] • (of meaning) clear • to understand • next • public or open • wise • generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

明天 
明星 
明白 

Uncommon

三明治 
不明 
光明 
分明 
天明 
姚明 
文明 
昆明 
明亮 
明信片 
明儿 (明兒)
明天见 (明天見)
明媚 
明年 
明日 
明明 
明智 
明月 
明朗 
明珠 
明知 
明确 (明確)
明显 (明顯)
发明 (發明)
精明 
聪明 (聰明)
声明 (聲明)
表明 
说明 (說明)
证明 (證明)
透明 
阳光明媚 (陽光明媚)
鲜明 (鮮明)
黎明 

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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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