Memory phrase for the character: 黝

黝

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Meaning black, dark green

Pronunciation

yǒu

Explanation

Left: black 黑 (The underside of the cooking pot 里 is stained by fire 灬 black.), right: infant 幼 (A thread 幺/糸 with the strength 力 of an infant.)

Mnemonic
 
The 'black' you gain from threads (= fibers) using force is: a dark green.

Radicals

黑 blackThe lower side of the cooking pot 里 is - by the fire 灬 - stained black.
幺 short threadThis radical appears like a part of “thread 糸” and is therefore understood as a “short thread”.
力 power, forcevariations are: 为 or: to act 办.
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 Vocabulary

黝黑 yǒu hēi  dark; suntanned; dark black color
黝暗 yǒu àn  murk; murkiness
黝暗 yǒu àn  

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