黑
hēiHēi HSK2

black

  • edit character approved 黑 — "More specific original meaning " by Prismcool
    Original meaning
    tattoo → tattoo the face for a crime committed

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  • edit character approved 黑 — "BlacK" by inralback19
    Original meaning
    tattoo

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  • edit character approved 黑 — "墨" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Pictograph of a person whose face has been tattooed. 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). → 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).

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  • edit character approved 黑 — "verify, add sources" by Peter Olson
    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). → Pictograph of a person whose face has been tattooed. 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).

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