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Meaning of

黢 means pitch-black; jet-black; very dark. Pronounced qū.

  • pitch-black; jet-black; very dark

Character Info

Radical
Strokes19
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Shān
dòng
hēi
piàn
 
shēn
shǒu
jiàn
zhǐ
 

It was pitch-black inside the cave, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.

mǎn
liǎn
méi
huī
 
kàn
lái
hēi
de
 

His face was covered in coal dust and looked pitch-black.

Lóu
dào
hēi
de
 
gǎn
rén
zǒu
shàng
 

The corridor was dark and gloomy; I didn't dare walk up there alone.

jiàng
lín
 
tián
biàn
de
hēi
de
 

As night fell, the fields became pitch-black.