black
hēi (hei1)
Radical no. 203 · 12 strokes (第 203 部首 · 12 画 dì 203 bùshǒu · 12 huà)
Radical ⿊ (hēi) — meaning: black, 12 strokes.
Origin & mnemonic
This radical originates from a pictograph in oracle-bone script, depicting a person sitting by a window with marks indicating lack of light. It gradually evolved into an abstract form to represent the color black.
Mnemonic: A closed window makes the space inside turn pitch black.
Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)
24 characters- 黑hēi
black
HSK 212 strokes
- 黓yì
black
15 strokes
- 默mò
silent
16 strokes
- 黔qián
(literary) black; to blacken
16 strokes
- 黕zhěn
red
16 strokes
- 黗tūn
yellowish-black
16 strokes
- 点diǎn
to touch briefly; to tap
HSK 117 strokes
- 黛dài
umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow
17 strokes
- 黜chù
to dismiss from office
17 strokes
- 黝yǒu
black
17 strokes
- 黟yī
black and shining ebony
18 strokes
- 黠xiá
(phonetic)
18 strokes
- 黡yǎn
black spots on body
18 strokes
- 黢qū
black
19 strokes
- 党dǎng
party
HSK 620 strokes
- 黥qíng
to tattoo criminals on the face or forehead
20 strokes
- 黦yù
yellowish black
20 strokes
- 黧lí
dark
20 strokes
- 黩dú
blacken
20 strokes
- 黪cǎn
dark
20 strokes
- 黮tán
black, dark
21 strokes
- 黰zhěn
bushy black hair
22 strokes
- 黱dài
old variant of 黛[dai4]
22 strokes
- 霉méi
mold
23 strokes
Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)
Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.