Chinese Character Wiki
皇

huáng

royal

Depicts a decorative crown above 王 (king).

Components
◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts a decorative crown.

王 sound,meaning component

王  Sound Meaning component

wáng, wàng

  

king

Evolution

皇 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
皇 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
皇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
皇 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
皇 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

皇  

huáng

royal, imperial; ruler, superior; emperor; old variant of 惶[huáng]

皇  

Huáng

surname Huang

Most common words with 皇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

皇

emperor

皇后

empress

皇帝

emperor

皇家

royal

皇上

the emperor

Component uses

Sound component in 11 characters (0 verified)

煌 惶 凰 蝗 徨 隍 湟 遑 篁 鳇 艎

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ]ʷˤaŋ

hwang

huáng

yellow and white spotted

*[ɢ]ʷˤaŋ

hwang

huáng

sovereign


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 16.9310% of movies

1325th most common character in movies

759th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+7687

Shuowen

“皇，大也。从自，自，始也，始皇者，三皇大君也。自，讀若鼻，今俗以始生子為鼻子。”


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