黑色
hēi sè 1–4
black
- Characters
- 2
- 黑 · 色
- Syllables
- 2
- hēi sè
- Frequency
- Less common
- corpus count 2,362
Part of speech: n
Character by character
- 黑hēi12 strokesHSK 2black; dark; evil, sinister; Kangxi radical 203
- 色sè6 strokesHSK 2color, tint, hue, shade; form, body; beauty, desire for beauty; Kangxi radical 139
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Example sentences
那是黑色的吗?
Nà shi hēi sè de ma
Is it black?
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Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 黑色. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 黑hēiHSK 2
black; dark; sinister; secret; shady; illegal; to hide (sth) away; to vilify; (loanword) to hack (computing)
- 角色jué sèHSK 4
role; character in a novel; persona; also pr. [jiǎo sè]
- 色sèHSK 4
color; look; appearance; sex
- 颜色yán sèHSK 2
color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff
- 出色chū sèHSK 4
remarkable; outstanding
- 红色hóng sèHSK 2
red (color); revolutionary
- 绿色lǜ sèHSK 2
green
- 白色bái sèHSK 2
white; fig. reactionary; anti-communist
- 蓝色lán sèHSK 2
blue (color)
- 黑暗hēi ànHSK 4
dark; darkly; darkness
- 特色tè sèHSK 3
characteristic; distinguishing feature or quality
- 黄色huáng sèHSK 2
yellow (color); pornographic
- 色彩sè cǎiHSK 4
tint; coloring; coloration; (fig.) flavor; character
- 脸色liǎn sèHSK 5
complexion; look
- 粉色fěn sè
pink; white; erotic; beautiful woman; powdered (with make-up)
- 灰色huī sèHSK 5
gray; ash gray; grizzly; pessimistic; gloomy; dispirited; ambiguous
- 彩色cǎi sèHSK 3
color; multicolored
- 黑客hēi kèHSK 7
hacker (computing) (loanword)
- 黑夜hēi yèHSK 6
night
- 景色jǐng sèHSK 3
scenery; scene; landscape; view
- 黑白hēi báiHSK 7
black and white; right and wrong; monochrome
- 棕色zōng sè
brown
- 本色běn sèHSK 7
inherent qualities; natural qualities; distinctive character; true qualities
- 黑马hēi mǎHSK 7
dark horse; fig. unexpected winner