黎 is a bound morpheme (b.f.) — it cannot stand alone as a word. Its primary meaning is 'black' or 'dark', seen in 黎明 (lí míng, 'dawn', literally 'dark-bright'). It is also a very common Chinese surname (Lí). In compounds, 黎 appears as the first element in terms like 黎民 (common people, archaic) and 黎族 (the Li ethnic minority).