Translingual [ edit ]
Stroke order
Han character [ edit ]
黑 (radical 203, 黑 +0, 12 strokes, cangjie input 田土火 (WGF ), four-corner 60331 )
Kangxi radical #203, ⿊ .
Derived characters [ edit ]
Descendants [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
KangXi: page 1518 , character 36
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48038
Dae Jaweon: page 2051, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4743, character 1
Unihan data for U+9ED1
Chinese [ edit ]
Glyph origin [ edit ]
Old Chinese
嚜
*mrɯɡs
嫼
*ʔmrɯːd
墨
*mlɯːɡ
默
*mlɯːɡ
纆
*mɯːɡ
黑
*hmlɯːɡ
潶
*hmlɯːɡ
Pictogram (象形 ) – a person (大 ) with a tattooed face, depicting penal tattooing (墨 ), one of the five punishments of ancient China. In the bronze inscriptions from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, dots were sometimes added around 大 , leading Shuowen to erroneously interpret the character as an ideogrammic compound (會意 ): 𡆧 ( “ chimney ” ) + 炎 ( “ fire; flame ” ) — fire burning under a chimney, causing it to become black from the smoke.
Etymology [ edit ]
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-maŋ ~ s-mak . Cognate with 墨 (OC *mlɯːɡ , “ink”).
The sense of “hack” is a phono-semantic matching of English hack .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : hēi , hěi , hè (hei1 , hei3 , he4 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄏㄟ, ㄏㄟˇ, ㄏㄜˋ
(Chengdu , SP ) : he2
(Dungan , Cyrillic ) : хи (hi, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou , Jyutping ) : hak1 , haak1
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : hak2
Gan (Wiktionary ) : het6
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : het
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : hêd5
Jin (Wiktionary ) : heh4
Min Bei (KCR ) : hă̤
Min Dong (BUC ) : háik
Min Nan
(Hokkien , POJ ) : hek / hiak
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : hêg4
Wu (Wiktionary ) : heq (T4)
Xiang (Wiktionary ) : he6
Note : hěi - variant used in some contexts, e.g.
黑豆 .
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
黑
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
hēi
Middle Chinese
‹ xok ›
Old Chinese
/*m̥ˁək/ (dialect *m̥ˁ- > xˁ-)
English
black
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
黑
Reading #
1/1
No.
5109
Phonetic component
黑
Rime group
職
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
黑
Old Chinese
/*hmlɯːɡ/
Definitions [ edit ]
黑
black
黑 色 ― hēi sè ― black color
她 戴 著 黑 帽子 。 ― Tā dài zhe hēi màozi. ― She's wearing a black hat.
dark ; darkness
這麼 黑 ,我 看 不 見 。 / 这么 黑 ,我 看 不 见 。 ― Zhème hēi , wǒ kàn bù jiàn. ― It's so dark ; I can't see.
她 很 怕 黑 。 ― Tā hěn pà hēi . ― She is very afraid of the dark .
evening ; night
illegal ; clandestine ; secret ; shady
黑 市 ― hēi shì ― black market
黑 幫 / 黑 帮 ― hēi bāng ― criminal gang
昨天 他們 在 公園 開 了 個 黑 會 。 [MSC , trad. ] 昨天 他们 在 公园 开 了 个 黑 会 。 [MSC , simp. ] Zuótiān tāmen zài gōngyuán kāi le ge hēi huì. [Pinyin] They had a clandestine meeting in the park yesterday.
( colloquial ) to illegally reside (in a country)
sinister ; evil
to make fun of ; to mock
( computing ) to hack
黑 客 ― hēi kè ― hacker
你 可以 黑 掉 亨德森 辦公室 的 電腦 嗎 ? [MSC , trad. ] 你 可以 黑 掉 亨德森 办公室 的 电脑 吗 ? [MSC , simp. ] Nǐ kěyǐ hēi diào Hēngdésēn bàngōngshì de diànnǎo ma? [Pinyin] Can you hack into Henderson's office computer?
( colloquial ) to libel
這 件 事 ,我 可 是 有一說一 ,不 吹 不 黑 。 [MSC , trad. ] 这 件 事 ,我 可 是 有一说一 ,不 吹 不 黑 。 [MSC , simp. ] Zhè jiàn shì, wǒ kě shì yǒu yī shuō yī, bù chuī bù hēi . [Pinyin] As for this thing, I say it as it is and don't boast or libel .
這 是 × × 被 黑 得 最 慘 的 一次 。 [MSC , trad. ] 这 是 × × 被 黑 得 最 惨 的 一次 。 [MSC , simp. ] Zhè shì × × bèi hēi de zuì cǎn de yī cì. [Pinyin] This is the time when **** is libel led the most badly.
one who libels
( by extension ) hater
Short for 黑龍江 /黑龙江 (Hēilóngjiāng , “Heilongjiang province”).
A surname .
Synonyms [ edit ]
Dialectal synonyms of
黑 (“black”)
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Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
黑 , 烏 , 青 , 皂 , 黔 , 黢
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
黑
Mandarin
Beijing
黑
Taiwan
黑
Tianjin
黑
Tangshan
黑
Cangzhou
黑
Baoding
黑
Shijiazhuang
黑
Chifeng
黑
Hailar
黑
Harbin
黑
Shenyang
黑
Muping
黑
Qingdao
黑
Jinan
黑
Wanrong
黑
Zhengzhou
黑
Xi'an
黑
Yinchuan
黑 , 青
Lanzhou
黑
Xining
黑
Ürümqi
黑
Wuhan
黑 , 烏 , 青 †
Chengdu
黑 , 青 †
Chongqing
黑
Guiyang
黑
Kunming
黑
Guilin
黑
Liuzhou
黑
Xuzhou
黑
Yangzhou
黑
Nanjing
黑
Hefei
黑
Nantong
黑
Malaysia
黑
Singapore
黑
Cantonese
Guangzhou
黑
Hong Kong
黑
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
黑
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
黑
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
烏 , 黑 skin
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
烏
Macau
黑
Panyu
黑
Huadu (Huashan)
黑
Conghua
黑
Zengcheng
黑 , 烏
Foshan
黑
Nanhai (Shatou)
黑
Shunde
黑
Sanshui
黑
Gaoming (Mingcheng)
黑
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
黑
Zhuhai (Qianshan)
黑
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)
黑
Doumen
黑
Jiangmen (Baisha)
黑
Xinhui
黑
Taishan
黑
Kaiping (Chikan)
黑
Enping (Niujiang)
黑
Heshan (Yayao)
黑
Dongguan
黑
Bao'an (Shajing)
黑
Dapeng
黑
Yangjiang
黑
Nanning
黑
Danzhou
黑
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
黑
Singapore (Guangfu)
黑
Gan
Nanchang
黑 , 烏 , 青 †
Pingxiang
黑
Hakka
Meixian
烏
Xingning
烏
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
烏
Huiyang
烏
Huidong (Daling)
烏
Dongguan (Qingxi)
烏
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
烏
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
黑
Wuhua (Huacheng)
烏
Heyuan (Bendihua)
烏
Wengyuan
烏
Qujiang
烏
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
烏
Liannan
黑
Conghua (Lütian)
黑
Jiexi
烏
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
烏
Changting
烏
Wuping
烏
Wuping (Yanqian)
烏
Wuping (Pingyu)
烏
Liancheng
烏
Ninghua
烏
Yudu
黑
Ningdu
黑
Ruijin
烏
Shicheng
烏
Shangyou
烏
Tonggu (Sandu)
烏
Ganzhou (Panlong)
烏
Dayu
烏
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
烏
Liudui (S. Sixian)
烏
Hsinchu (Hailu)
烏
Dongshi (Dabu)
烏
Hsinchu (Raoping)
烏
Yunlin (Zhao'an)
烏
Hong Kong
烏
Yangxi (Tangkou)
烏
Yangchun (Sanjia)
烏
Xinyi (Sihe)
烏
Xinyi (Qianpai)
烏
Gaozhou (Xindong)
烏
Dianbai (Shalang)
烏
Huazhou (Xin'an)
烏
Lianjiang (Shijiao)
烏
Lianjiang (Qingping)
烏
Mengshan (Xihe)
烏
Luchuan
烏
Senai (Huiyang)
烏
Huizhou
Jixi
黑
Shexian
黑
Jin
Taiyuan
黑
Xinzhou
黑
Linhe
黑
Jining
黑
Hohhot
黑
Zhangjiakou
黑
Handan
黑
Min Bei
Jian'ou
烏 , 青 †
Min Dong
Fuzhou
烏 , 青 †
Changle
烏
Fuqing
烏
Yongtai
烏
Gutian
烏
Fu'an
烏
Ningde
烏
Shouning
烏
Zhouning
烏
Fuding
烏
Min Nan
Xiamen
烏
Quanzhou
烏
Jinjiang
烏
Yongchun
烏
Zhangzhou
烏
Taipei
烏
Kaohsiung
烏
Tainan
烏
Taichung
烏
Wuqi
烏
Hsinchu
烏
Taitung
烏
Lukang
烏
Yilan
烏
Magong
烏
Penang (Hokkien)
烏
Singapore (Hokkien)
烏
Manila (Hokkien)
烏
Pingnan (Shangdu)
黑
Chaozhou
烏
Shantou
烏
Chenghai
烏
Jieyang
烏
Lufeng
烏
Haifeng
烏
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
烏
Singapore (Teochew)
烏
Leizhou
烏
Wenchang
烏
Haikou
烏
Qionghai
烏
Puxian Min
Putian
烏
Xianyou
烏
Zhongshan Min
Shaxi (Longdu)
黑
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
黑 , 烏
Shehua
Fu'an
黑
Fuding
黑
Luoyuan
黑
Sanming
烏
Shunchang
烏
Hua'an
烏
Guixi
烏
Cangnan
黑
Jingning
黑
Lishui
黑
Longyou
黑
Chaozhou
黑
Fengshun
烏
Wu
Shanghai
黑
Chongming
黑
Suzhou
黑
Danyang
黑
Hangzhou
黑
Ningbo
黑
Wenzhou
黑 , 烏 , 青 †
Jinhua
黑
Xiang
Changsha
黑 , 青 †
Shuangfeng
黑 , 青 †
Note
† - usually describes the color of cloth or thread
Compounds [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Japanese [ edit ]
黑
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji , kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 黒 )
black
Readings [ edit ]
黑 (kara )
west
黑 (eumhun 검을 흑 ( geomeul heuk ) )
Hanja form? of 흑 ( “ black ” ) .
Compounds [ edit ]
Vietnamese [ edit ]
Han character [ edit ]
黑 : Hán Nôm readings: hắc
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