Black in Chinese (Mandarin): 黑 (hēi)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 黑

• 黑

  Black, dark. 灬 (fire) is at the bottom: soot from a fire.

  12 strokes

First tone. 黑 also means dark: 天黑了 (tiān hēi le) means it's getting dark.

More examples with 黑

• 我的猫是黑色的。

  我的貓是黑色的。

  Wǒ de māo shì hēisè de.

  My cat is black.

• 天黑了，回家吧。

  Tiān hēi le, huí jiā ba.

  It's getting dark, let's go home.

How to write 黑 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.