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黑暗

hēi'àn

darkness

HSK 4 · Topic “Size and color”
A person holding a small lantern
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

暗 àn

Strokes
13
Radical
日 — sun
Made of
日 sun 音 sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 屋里很黑暗。 Wū lǐ hěn hēi àn. It is very dark in the room.
  • 黑暗中别怕。 Hēi àn zhōng bié pà. Do not be afraid in the dark.
  • 夜晚很黑暗。 Yè wǎn hěn hēi àn. The night is very dark.

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