Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Black (hēi) Page 1521, Entry 07 Pronounced yan. Pronounced yan. Pronounced yan. Pronounced yan. Pronounced yin (level tone). Yupian (Jade Chapters) defines this as: black. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Treatise on the Celestial Offices: When it appears at dawn together with the Winnowing Basket asterism and the Tail asterism, it is called the Heavenly Bright star, shining with an intensely deep black, brilliant light. Also, according to Yupian, another pronunciation is yin (level tone). The meaning is the same. It is also written in a variant form.