黑板
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 3
黑板 (hēibǎn) · blackboard
黑板 (hēibǎn) means “blackboard”. It is written with 2 characters: 黑 (black) + 板 (board). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 黑板 is built
The characters
黑 hēi · black
What 黑 is made of
- 灬huǒ — fire
Origin hint: A man's face blacked by soot from a fire 灬 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
板 bǎn · board
What 板 is made of
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 八bā — eight
- 十 — ten
- 反fǎn — reverse
- 厂chǎng — cliff
- 又yòu — (once) again
Origin hint: 木 gives the meaning, 反 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
老师在黑板上写字。Lǎoshī zài hēibǎn shàng xiě zì.The teacher is writing on the blackboard.
你看得见黑板吗？Nǐ kàn de jiàn hēibǎn ma?Can you see the blackboard?
Questions about 黑板
What does 黑板 mean?
黑板 (hēibǎn) means “blackboard”.
How do you pronounce 黑板?
黑板 is pronounced hēibǎn.
Which HSK level is 黑板?
黑板 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 3.
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Learn 黑板 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 68: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.