嘿

hēi
HSK 6
#2,418 most
frequent character
hey

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

嘿 pairs 口 mouth with 黑 hēi, which supplies the sound. The mouth part points to the first meaning, silent or speechless. Later the character was borrowed for the sound 'hey', with no link to that first meaning.

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Homophones

HSK 2
黑hēi
black, dark

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