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The Chinese word hei - 黑 - hēi
(black in Chinese)

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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

hēi

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English translations

black, dark

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 黑 ( hēi ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :

Chinese characters ( hei / hēi ) with pronunciation (English translation: black )
The traditional Chinese characters of hēi are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Topic
Colors and Light
Character complexity
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黑 is composed of 12 strokes and therefore is of average complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

a fire...  |  ...turning everything above it into ash  |  memory aid:
黑 ( hei / hēi ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 470)
Chinese example words containing the character 黑 ( hei / hēi )
黑暗 ( hēiàn = dark ), 黑板 ( hēibăn = blackboard ), 黑板擦 ( hēibăncā = blackboard eraser ), 黑龙江 ( Hēilóng Jiāng = Heilongjiang ),
More words that mean black in Chinese
mò ( 墨 ), qīng ( 青 )
More words that mean dark in Chinese
àimèi ( 暧昧 ), àn ( 暗 ), hēiàn ( 黑暗 ), shēn ( 深 )

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All words in this dictionary (more to come) were taken from the multimedia Chinese learning software Han Trainer Pro.
This Chinese-English dictionary is currently under development.

 
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