Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Black (hēi) Kangxi Strokes: 22 Page 1521, Entry 37 Pronounced dai (falling tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to painting the eyebrows. It is now abbreviated as the character for eyebrow pigment (dai). According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), it is deep blue-green. In the poem Ancient Cypress by Du Fu (Du Fu shi), it is said, "The dark color reaches the sky for two thousand feet." Also pronounced zhen (rising tone). Black color.