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黝
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black (iii)

HSK 10
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yǒu
ユウ
あおぐろ
유
Components
黑 black+ 幼 young =
黝 black (iii)
黑 Meaning component
hēi black
black
幼 Phonetic component
yòu young
infant, young child
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Notes
Similar Characters
墨 black ink黔 guizhou黛 blacken eyebrows黜 dismiss點 spot (trad)黟 black and shining黠 cunning黢 black (9ee2)黥 tattoo criminals on黧 a dark黨 political party (trad)黪 grey (simp)黯 black黴 mildew (trad)嘿 Hey!默 silent黩 dishonor (simp)黷 to dishonor (trad)呦 the bleating of the deer坳 a hollow in the ground
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
黝
Regular
Modern
Chinese
黝 [yǒu]
black; dark green
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (2)
黝黑 [yǒu​hēi] #25,810
dark
黝暗 [yǒu​'àn]
murk
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
青黒い [あおぐろい] #26,112
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise)
黝輝石 [ゆうきせき]
spodumene
黝銅鉱 [ゆうどうこう]
tetrahedrite