懂中文 Dong Chinese

潢

huáng

expanse of water

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 黄 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

黄 sound component

黄  Sound component

huáng

  

yellow

Evolution

潢 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
潢 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
潢 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
潢 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
潢 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

潢  

huáng

expanse of water, lake, pond; dye paper; lake; pond; mount scroll

Most common words with 潢
Freq.
Word
Meaning

装潢

to dress

潢

lake

潢川

Huangchuan county in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan

潢川县

Huangchuan county in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan