What 黫 means
Use a Chinese input method, then confirm the exact character.
With Mandarin pinyin—the system that writes Mandarin syllables in Latin letters—enter yān, or yan1 on keyboards that mark tones with numbers, then choose 黫 among the homophones. The Cangjie code is WFMWG; the Wubi code is LFOF.
What does 黫 mean?
黫 means black or dark.
A later dictionary quotes the astronomy chapter of the Records of the Grand Historian, a Chinese history from the Han dynasty: 黫然 describes black that is conspicuously bright. Medieval and later dictionaries keep the core sense “black”; some sharpen it to black with a sheen.
Rare, literary, and dictionary-like; it reads as a deliberate written choice.
Who writes 黫
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Questions people ask
1Why does 黫 show as a box?
Usually the font lacks this character. The text can still contain 黫, but the selected font cannot draw it; a font that supports 黫 can display it.
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How to type or find 黫
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- 黫 pinyin · yān · yan1 · 黫 meaning · black or dark · black with a sheen
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
黫\9EEBCodes and encoding1 code points
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