Dong Chinese dictionary

huáng

a semicircular jade ornament used as a pendant

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

Components

王 Meaning component

wáng, wàng

king

黄 Sound component

huáng

yellow

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

huáng

a semicircular jade ornament used as a pendant; semicircular jade ornament

Most common words with 璜

Sources