黑(hēi): abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江
HSK 212 strokes
abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- hēi
- Meaning
- abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江
- Strokes
- 12
- HSK level
- HSK 2
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 黑 comes from and how its parts fit together.
Ideograph
⿱？灬A man's face blacked by soot from a fire 灬
A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.
Made of
Parts are arranged top to bottom.
How to write 黑 step by step
12 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 黑
Common words using 黑 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
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