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黑 plates: Heilongjiang, and what the letters mean
Facts checked
A plate beginning 黑 was registered in Heilongjiang, a province. The character is Hēi, said roughly “hay”. 黑 is the first character of 黑龙江 Hēilóngjiāng, 'Black Dragon River' — the Chinese name for the Amur, which forms the province's northern border.
The letter after it is the office that issued the plate. 黑A belongs to Harbin, and 15 further letters are recorded below.
The colour of the plate is a separate fact from the characters: it says what kind of vehicle carries it, and the characters say nothing about it. The colour guide sets out what each of the 7 colours licenses.
Key facts
| Plate character | 黑 “hay” |
|---|---|
| Place | Heilongjiang |
| Kind | province |
| Capital | Harbin |
| City letters | 16 |
| Why this character | 黑 is the first character of 黑龙江 Hēilóngjiāng, 'Black Dragon River' — the Chinese name for the Amur, which forms the province's northern border. |
The city letters
- 黑A Harbin
- 黑B Qiqihar
- 黑C Mudanjiang
- 黑D Jiamusi
- 黑E Daqing
- 黑F Yichun
- 黑G Jixi
- 黑H Hegang
- 黑J Shuangyashan
- 黑K Qitaihe
- 黑L Harbin
- 黑M Suihua
- 黑N Heihe
- 黑O Heilongjiang public security and foreign-invested vehicles
- 黑P Daxing'anling Prefecture
- 黑R Beidahuang state-farm system
| Prefix | Letter | City | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 黑A | A | Harbin | Several blocks are reserved for taxis, including 50000–59999, 90000–99999, C0000–C9999 and TA000–TZ999; DT0000–DT9999 are new-energy taxis. |
| 黑B | B | Qiqihar | |
| 黑C | C | Mudanjiang | |
| 黑D | D | Jiamusi | |
| 黑E | E | Daqing | |
| 黑F | F | Yichun | |
| 黑G | G | Jixi | |
| 黑H | H | Hegang | |
| 黑J | J | Shuangyashan | |
| 黑K | K | Qitaihe | |
| 黑L | L | Harbin | Second Harbin series; it began as the plate of the former Songhuajiang Prefecture, which merged into Harbin in 1996. |
| 黑M | M | Suihua | |
| 黑N | N | Heihe | |
| 黑O | O | Heilongjiang public security and foreign-invested vehicles | Heilongjiang was the first province to abolish its O series, in 2003. |
| 黑P | P | Daxing'anling Prefecture | |
| 黑R | R | Beidahuang state-farm system | Issued to the reclamation-farm (农垦) system rather than to a city. |
Heilongjiang plates: questions people ask
- What does 黑 mean on a Chinese licence plate?
- 黑 (Hēi, "hay") is the abbreviation for Heilongjiang. 黑 is the first character of 黑龙江 Hēilóngjiāng, 'Black Dragon River' — the Chinese name for the Amur, which forms the province's northern border.
- Which city is 黑A?
- Harbin. The letter A goes to the seat of government in almost every province, and the remaining letters were assigned to the other issuing offices.
- How many plate letters does Heilongjiang use?
- 16 are recorded here, A to R. A retired or reassigned letter keeps its note in the table.
Related
Sources for Heilongjiang
- Wikipedia (Chinese), 中华人民共和国民用机动车号牌 (Civil motor-vehicle registration plates of the People's Republic of China). Read . Carries the complete province-by-province table of issuing-office letters, with the retired and renumbered series footnoted to Chinese news and public-security sources. Used as a finding aid; wording here is our own.
- Wikipedia, Vehicle registration plates of China. Read . English list of prefixes; the article flags its own list as incomplete, so it is used here to cross-check the Chinese table rather than as the primary record.