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黑板

hēibǎn

blackboard

A classroom board with an eraser
Memory picture

Characters in this word

黑 hēi

Strokes
12
Radical
黑 — black
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

板 bǎn

Strokes
8
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 反 reverse, opposite
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 老师擦黑板。 Lǎoshī cā hēibǎn. The teacher wipes the blackboard.
  • 黑板很干净。 Hēibǎn hěn gānjìng. The blackboard is very clean.
  • 请看黑板。 Qǐng kàn hēibǎn. Please look at the blackboard.

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