Read Edit View history 黑 hēiHēi HSK2 black Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a person whose face has been tattooed, now written as 墨. In ancient China criminals were punished by having their faces permanently marked. Later writers reanalyzed the character as a chimney being blackened by fire, so the bottom component was written to look like 炎 (flame). Pinyin Separate values with commas hēi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 黑 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 238, 742 ], [ 263, 724 ], [ 283, 688 ], [ 339, 463 ] ], [ [ 285, 742 ], [ 321, 730 ], [ 403, 745 ], [ 653, 774 ], [ 692, 773 ], [ 713, 766 ], [ 745, 725 ], [ 663, 499 ] ], [ [ 365, 650 ], [ 409, 606 ], [ 420, 583 ] ], [ [ 606, 694 ], [ 626, 667 ], [ 564, 589 ] ], [ [ 361, 480 ], [ 376, 494 ], [ 578, 522 ], [ 619, 522 ], [ 641, 509 ] ], [ [ 464, 730 ], [ 500, 708 ], [ 503, 667 ], [ 498, 315 ], [ 481, 292 ] ], [ [ 347, 369 ], [ 382, 369 ], [ 602, 404 ], [ 645, 396 ] ], [ [ 269, 248 ], [ 323, 241 ], [ 409, 257 ], [ 663, 288 ], [ 722, 283 ], [ 753, 272 ] ], [ [ 187, 160 ], [ 172, 94 ], [ 133, 0 ] ], [ [ 336, 144 ], [ 386, 92 ], [ 403, 55 ] ], [ [ 515, 174 ], [ 577, 113 ], [ 595, 79 ] ], [ [ 733, 188 ], [ 849, 89 ], [ 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510,183Q504,183 505,171Q504,159 517,143Z", "M731,168Q788,110 854,26Q869,4 884,-1Q893,-2 901,7Q914,19 905,65Q893,125 735,199Q726,206 723,193Q722,180 731,168Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.