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Composition
Strokes 12
Decomp. 罒土灬
Prononciation
Mandarin hēi
Entry Methods
Pinyin hei1
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田土火
Sijiao 6033.1
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CNS 11643 1-6329
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BIG5 B6C2
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 hēi black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing)
Results beginning with 黑
 hēi sè black
 hēi àn dark / darkly / darkness
 hēi kè hacker (computing) (loanword)
 hēi bái black and white / right and wrong / monochrome
 hēi yè night
 hēi mǎ dark horse / fig. unexpected winner
 hēi rén black person / an illegal
 hēi yǐng shadow / darkness / twilight
 hēi bāng bunch of gangsters / criminal gang / organized crime syndicate
 hēi dòng (astronomy) black hole
 hēi dào dark road / criminal ways / the underworld / see also 白道[bai2 dao4]
 hēi mù hidden details / dirty tricks / dark secrets
 hēi fà black hair
 hēi bǎn blackboard / CL:塊|块[kuai4],個|个[ge4]
 hēi tǐ bold (typeface)
 hēi xīn ruthless and lacking in conscience / vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy / black core (flaw in pottery)
 hēi xióng Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus)
 Hēi hé Heihe prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China
 hēi chē unlicensed or unofficial taxi / unlicensed motor vehicle
 hēi shì black market
 hēi shào (soccer etc) corrupt officiating / dubious call
 hēi bān dark spot or blotch on the skin
 hēi tiān Krishna
 hēi diàn lit. inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction) / fig. a scam / protection racket / daylight robbery
 hēi shā black armband
 Hēi Hǎi Black Sea
 hēi huà argot / bandits' secret jargon / malicious words
 hēi qián dirty money
 hēi táo spade &spades / (in card games)
 hēi jiāo vinyl
 hēi yú blackfish
 hēi guǐ black devil (derogatory term for black or African person)
 hēi méi blackberry (Rubus fruticosus)
 hēi tàn coal / charcoal / (of skin) darkly pigmented / charcoal (color) / bituminous coal (mining)
 hēi xiāng black box / flight recorder / opaque system (computing)
 hēi zhì mole
 hēi zuǐ stock market manipulator
 hēi táo black eggshell pottery (of the Neolithic Longshan culture)
 hēi chá dark tea, a variety of fermented tea (e.g. Pu'er tea 普洱茶[Pu3 er3 cha2])
 hēi mài rye (Secale cereale)
 hēi sù melanin / black pigment
 Hēi cháo Kuroshio current
 hēi guǎn clarinet
 hēi bèi German shepherd
 hēi bèi see 黑背[hei1 bei4]
 hēi diāo sable (Martes zibellina)
  Blacksburg,
  blackfly
 hēi bào (neologism 2019) rioting by black-clothed protesters in Hong Kong
 hēi chǎn cybercrime industry
 hēi fēi to fly illegally (of planes, drones etc)
 hēi fěn (slang) anti-fan
 hēi guàn (bird species of China) black stork (Ciconia nigra)
 hēi hán poison pen letter (Tw)
 hēi hé black box / fig. system whose internal structure is unknown
 hēi hù unregistered resident or household / unlicensed shop
 hēi huàn black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)
 hēi kǎ a fraudulently used credit card
 hēi kuàng black frame (around a funerary portrait or obituary)
 hēi liú melanoma
 hēi lún oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
 hēi mán short-finned eel (Anguilla australis)
 hēi méi black coal
 hēi pì (slang) bullshit
 Hēi shān Montenegro, former Yugoslavia / Heishan county in Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, Liaoning
 hēi shǒu (fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand / (Tw) mechanic / blue-collar worker / manual laborer
 Hēi shuǐ Heishui County (Tibetan: khro chu rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan
 hēi táng unrefined sugar / brown sugar
 hēi tè (Internet slang) hate (loanword)
 hēi tiě poison pen letter / anonymous notice (usually to threaten or attack sb)
 hēi wěi black skipjack
 hēi wò unclean / filthy
 Hēi wǔ Black Friday
 hēi xī black
 hēi xián (bird species of China) kalij pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)
 hēi xìn blackmail
 hēi yàn (bird species of China) brant goose (Branta bernicla)
 hēi yán (bird species of China) black bittern (Dupetor flavicollis)
 hēi yáng black poplar
 Hēi Yīng Black Hawk (helicoper)
 hēi yuān (bird species of China) black kite (Milvus migrans)
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 Hēi lóng jiāng Heilongjiang province (Heilungkiang) in northeast China, abbr. 黑, capital Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1] / Heilongjiang river forming the border between northeast China and Russia / Amur river
 hēi shè huì criminal underworld / organized crime syndicate
 hēi míng dān blacklist
 hēi yǎn quān dark circles (under one's eyes) / black eye
 hēi sè sù black pigment / melanin
 hēi yā yā see 烏壓壓|乌压压[wu1 ya1 ya1]
 hēi shǒu dǎng mafia
 hēi hū hū variant of 黑糊糊[hei1 hu1 hu1]
 Hēi gé ěr Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831), German philosopher
 hēi bǎn bào blackboard bulletin with short news items written on it (can usually be found in factories, schools etc)
 hēi xīng xing common chimpanzee
 hēi mù ěr Auricularia auricula-judae, an edible fungus
 hēi xiá zi (airplane) black box
 hēi hū hū black / dark / dusky / indistinct
 hēi zhī ma sesame (seed)
 hēi chēn chēn pitch-black
 hēi yào shí obsidian (mining)
 Hēi Xuàn fēng Black Whirlwind, nickname of 李逵[Li3 Kui2], known for his fearsome behavior in combat and his dark complexion
 hēi hú jiāo black pepper
 Hēi Qí Jūn Black Flag Army
 hēi yǎn zhū pupil of the eye
 hēi tǐ zì bold letter
 hēi sǐ bìng bubonic plague / Black Death
 hēi qū qū pitch-black / pitch-dark
 hēi wǔ lèi the "five black categories" (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. landlords, rich peasants, counterrevolutionaries, bad elements and rightists
 hēi xiā zi black bear
 hēi jiā lún blackcurrant
 hēi huǒ yào black powder
  black measles
  kala-azar / visceral leishmaniasis
  Populus nigra Network
  Black Sea Unit
  black pearls
  black tar
 hēi ǎi xīng black dwarf star
 hēi bǎi líng (bird species of China) black lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)
 hēi bái qiē (Tw) heibaiqie, side dish of ingredients selected from a range on display, sliced up and served together on a plate (from Taiwanese 烏白切, Tai-lo pr. [oo-pe̍h-tshiat], where 烏白 / means "as one pleases")
 hēi bān wén Aedes, a genus of mosquito
 Hēi bǐ nuò Pinot noir (grape type)
 hēi chén chén pitch-black
 hēi chī hēi (of a villain) to do the dirty on another villain
 hēi chì yuān (bird species of China) black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus)
 hēi cù lì blackcurrant
 hēi dòng dòng pitch-dark
 hēi fèi bìng pneumoconiosis (occupational disease of coal miners) / silicosis / also written 矽肺病
 hēi fú ōu (bird species of China) black tern (Chlidonias niger)
 hēi guān yán (bird species of China) Malayan night heron (Gorsachius melanolophus)
 Hēi hé shì Heihe prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China
 hēi hé zi black box
 hēi hū hū variant of 黑糊糊[hei1 hu1 hu1]
 hēi hū hū variant of 黑糊糊[hei1 hu1 hu1]
 hēi hǔ quán Hei Hu Quan - "Black Tiger Fist" - Martial Art
 hēi jǐng dōng (bird species of China) black-throated thrush (Turdus atrogularis)
 hēi jǐng hè (bird species of China) black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis)
 hēi juǎn wěi (bird species of China) black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
 hēi kè sōng hackathon (loanword)
 hēi kè wén hacker terminology / leetspeak
 hēi kū míng black cumin / Nigella sativa
 hēi lín gē (bird species of China) Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina)
 Hēi luò dé Herod (biblical King)
 hēi méi yù jet
 hēi méi zi blackberry
 hēi mén shān Mount
 Hēi mìng guì Black Lives Matter (social movement)
尿 hēi niào zhèng alkaponuria
 Hēi pí nuò Pinot noir (grape type)
 hēi qín jī (bird species of China) black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix)
 Hēi sēn lín Black Forest / Schwarzwald
 hēi sēn sēn dark and forbidding
Approximate Results for 黑
 qī hēi pitch-black
 àn hēi dark / dim
 wū hēi jet-black / dark
 tiān hēi to get dark / dusk
 yǒu hēi dark / black / suntanned
 biàn hēi to darken
 mō hēi to grope about in the dark
 mǒ hēi to discredit / to defame / to smear sb's name / to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc) / to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage) / to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words)
 dǎ hēi to crack down on illegal activities / to fight organized crime
 shài hēi to sunbathe / to tan / to get sunburnt / to expose unfair practices (on a consumer protection website)
 Bō Hēi abbr. for 波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那|波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那[Bo1 si1 ni2 ya4 he2 Hei1 sai4 ge1 wei2 na4] Bosnia and Herzegovina
 tàn hēi black carbon
 tàn hēi soot / carbon black
 bàng hēi dusk
 fù hēi (slang) outwardly kind but inwardly evil / two-faced
 jiē hēi to uncover (mistakes, corruption etc) / whistle-blowing
 jùn hēi pitch black
 lā hēi to add sb to one's blacklist (on a cellphone, or in instant messaging software etc) / abbr. for 拉到黑名單|拉到黑名单
 lǎo hēi (coll.) black person
 lí hēi variant of 黧黑[li2 hei1]
 lí hēi (literary) dark
 mù hēi Islamophobe
 qiǎn hēi dark / gray / (of skin) lightly pigmented
 qū hēi pitch-black / pitch-dark
 sǎo hēi to crack down on illegal activities / to fight organized crime
 shè hēi gang-related
 yóu hēi glossy black
 yuè hēi moonless (night)
 zì hēi (Internet slang) to make fun of oneself
 zōng hēi dark brown
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 Mù ní hēi München or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany
 Dé hēi lán Tehran, capital of Iran
 bēi hēi guō to be made a scapegoat / to be unjustly blamed
 xǐ hēi qián money laundering
 tùn hēi sù melatonin
 ǎi hēi rén black dwarf (pejorative term for non-Han people)
 bō hēi dǎng Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina
 cā hēi r (dialect) dusk
 chàng hēi liǎn to play the role of the strict parent (or superior etc)
 fěn zhuǎn hēi (Internet slang) to go from being an admirer to being a detractor
 kāi hēi diàn lit. to open an inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction) / fig. to carry out a scam / to run a protection racket / daylight robbery
 mēng mēng hēi dusk
 shài hēi wǎng consumer protection website www.shaihei.com
 shài hēi zú Internet-based consumer protection alliance www.shaihei.com
 shè hēi àn gang-related case / criminal case
 tuì hēi sù melatonin
 wū hēi sè black / crow-black
 yī hēi zǎo at dawn / early in the morning
 yuè hēi tiān the dark / night
 Zé là hēi Zerah (name)
 hūn tiān hēi dì lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times
 bái zhǐ hēi zì (written) in black and white
 qǐ zǎo tān hēi to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
 tài yáng hēi zǐ sunspot
 qī hēi yī tuán pitch-black / (fig.) to be completely in the dark
 yī tuán qī hēi pitch-black / (fig.) to be completely in the dark
 diān dǎo hēi bái lit. to invert black and white (idiom) / to distort the truth deliberately / to misrepresent the facts / to invert right and wrong
 hùn xiáo hēi bái to confuse black and white / to say that black is white / fig. not to distinguish right from wrong
 jìn mò zhě hēi proximity to pitch makes you black (idiom, from Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修) / different environments provide different influence. / Nurture determines a person's character.
 shǔ hēi lùn bái to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom) / to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels / also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shu3 hei1 lun4 huang2]
 shǔ hēi lùn huáng to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom) / to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
 shǔ huáng dào hēi to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom) / to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels / also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shu3 hei1 lun4 huang2]
  malignant melanoma / melanoma
  smear campaign
 bái jiá hēi yàn (bird species of China) barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)
 bái jiān hēi huán (bird species of China) white-shouldered ibis (Pseudibis davisoni)
 dé hēi lán shì Tehran
 fēi hēi jí bái black-or-white (e.g. good or bad, with no middle ground)
 hè lì suō hēi Chrysocheres
 hóng hēi míng dān whitelist and blacklist, i.e. 紅名單|红名单[hong2 ming2 dan1] and 黑名單|黑名单[hei1 ming2 dan1]
 hóng xiōng hēi yàn (bird species of China) red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis)
 jīn tóu hēi què (bird species of China) gold-naped finch (Pyrrhoplectes epauletta)
 mù hòu hēi shǒu malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand
 qǐ zǎo mō hēi see 起早貪黑|起早贪黑[qi3 zao3 tan1 hei1]
 Rì běn Hēi dào Yakuza (Japanese mafia)
 tàn hēi wēi lì tar ball
 tàn hēi wū rǎn black carbon pollution
退 tuì hēi jī sù melatonin
 wō hēi xīng xing bonobo / pygmy chimpanzee
 wū qī mā hēi see 烏漆墨黑|乌漆墨黑[wu1 qi1 mo4 hei1]
 wū qī mò hēi jet-black / pitch-dark
 yuè miáo yuè hēi lit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get / fig. to only make matters worse
 yù miáo yù hēi see 越描越黑[yue4 miao2 yue4 hei1]
 An4 hēi Pò huài Shén Diablo (video game series)
  Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea / Teheran Convention
  blacklist (n) (information technology)
  bete / mansonia
  Tehran Consensus
 bái bān hēi shí bī (bird species of China) pied bush chat (Saxicola caprata)
 bái bān hēi shí jí (bird species of China) pied bush chat (Saxicola caprata)
 dé hēi lán jìn chéng Tehran Process
 dé hēi lán xié dìng Teheran agreement
 dé hēi lán xuān yán Tehran Declaration
 Hā mǎ hēi lā Dǎo Halmahera, an island of Indonesia
 huán hēi hǎi gōng lù Black Sea Ring Highway
 mù ní hēi qīng guǐ Munich
 tài yáng hēi zǐ zhōu sunspot cycle
 wǎng liǎn shàng mǒ hēi to bring shame to / to smear / to disgrace
 xiǎo hēi lǐng zào méi (bird species of China) lesser necklaced laughingthrush (Garrulax monileger)
 yī shí xìng hēi méng blackout
 zōng bèi hēi tóu dōng (bird species of China) Kessler's thrush (Turdus kessleri)
线  Rockall haddock
  Black Congress of the Americas
  non-melanoma skin cancer
 bái fù hēi zhuó mù niǎo (bird species of China) white-bellied woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis)
 fú lā tè hēi dé xiàn Flathead
 lí míng qián de hēi àn darkness comes before dawn / things can only get better (idiom)
 yān hēi chā wěi hǎi yàn (bird species of China) Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
 yī tiáo dào zǒu dào hēi to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course
 yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom) / fig. to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course
 tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi all crows are black (idiom) / evil people are bad all over the world
  Munich Security Conference
  Black Panamanian Congress
  Balkans and Black Sea Section
 A1 hēi mén ní dé Wáng cháo Achaemenid Empire of Persian (559-330 BC)
 bái fà rén sòng hēi fà rén to see one's child die before oneself
 Sāi ěr wéi yà hé Hēi shān Serbia and Montenegro (after break-up of Yugoslavia in 1992)
湿 shī qiú hēi qiú wēn duó yí wet bulb globe temperature meter / WBGT index meter / heat stress meter
  Action Plan for the protection of the Black Sea
  European Partnership with Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Ministerial Declaration on the Protection of the Black Sea
  Congressional Black Caucus
 yǎn sè sù céng hēi sè sù liú uveal melanoma
湿  wet bulb globe temperature meter / WBGT index meter / heat stress meter
  Environmental Management and Protection of the Black Sea
  Munich Economic Summit
 jìn zhū zhě chì , jìn mò zhě hēi those who handle cinnabar are stained red / those who work with ink are stained black (idiom) / you are the product of your environment
  Independent Black Trade Union Movement in South Africa
  Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea against Pollution
 bō sī ní yà hè hēi sāi gē wéi nà Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Bō sī ní yà hé Hēi sài gē wéi nà Bosnia and Herzegovina
  National Black Caucus of State Legislators
 lián hé guó zhù dé hēi lán shì chá xiǎo zǔ United Nations Inspection Team in Tehran
  National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS
  World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture
  Joint Commission on the implementation of the Tehran Agreement
  Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Bosnia and Herzegovina command / BH comd
  Bosnia-Herzegovina Federation Army
  Munich Centre for Advanced Training in Applied Statistics
  Task Force on Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Agency for Statistics
 Bō sī ní yà hé Hēi sāi gē wéi nà gòng hé guó Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Bō sī ní yà hé Hēi sāi gē wéi nà Gòng hé guó Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Bō sī ní yà hé Hēi sài gē wéi nà Gòng hé guó Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995), predecessor of Bosnia and Herzegovina 波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那|波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那[Bo1 si1 ni2 ya4 he2 Hei1 sai4 ge1 wei2 na4]
  Programme for the Women of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  constitutional principles for Bosnia and Herzegovina
  International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
  Tehran Declaration on Dialogue among Civilizations
  Action Plan for Bosnia-Herzegovina
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