Chinese Character Wiki
黄

huáng

yellow

Original meaning: 

physically disabled

Pictograph of a person with a large belly, representing someone deformed. The 口 component was added to imply sighing. Based on the original meaning "physically disabled", now written as 尪. Later meaning shifted to "yellow; sallow", a skin color associated with illness.

Evolution

黄 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
黄 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
黄 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
黄 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

黄 (黃) 

huáng

yellow; surname; pornographic; to fall through

黄 (黃) 

Huáng

surname Huang or Hwang

Most common words with 黄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

黄

yellow

黄金

gold

黄色

yellow (color)

黄油

butter

黄河

Yellow River or Huang He

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

磺

Sound component in 7 characters (0 verified)

横 簧 磺 璜 潢 蟥 癀

Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 29.4410% of movies

1142nd most common character in movies

561st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Traditional

黃

Unicode

U+9EC4


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