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黠

xiá

sly, cunning, shrewd; artful

🔤 Pictophonetic: 黑 (sinister) provides meaning, 吉 provides pronunciation
HSK 18 strokes Uncommon (42%)
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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

黑
hēi
black; dark; evil, sinister
吉
jí
lucky, propitious, good
⿰黑吉 i

Stroke Order

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Component Tree i

hēi
黑
black; dark; evil, sinister
💡 Ideographic: A man's face blacked by soot from a fire 灬
12 strokes HSK 2
jí
吉
lucky, propitious, good
💡 Ideographic: The words 口 of a scholar 士
6 strokes HSK 6

Words Using 黠 (2)