黄
yellow; pornographic; to fall through
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #112 U+9EC4
How 黄 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A jade pendant
How to remember it
yellow · Heisig RSH #1488
寅 sign of the tiger + flower
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 黄 as their sound component
These characters all use 黄 (huáng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黄 sound component | huáng | yellow; surname |
| 横 | héng | horizontal, across; unreasonable, harsh |
| 簧 | huáng | reed; lock, metal spring |
| 潢 | huáng | pond, lake |
| 璜 | huáng | a jade pendant |
| 癀 | huáng | jaundice |
| 蟥 | huáng | leech |
Words containing 黄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黄山区 | Huáng shān Qū | Huangshan, a district of Huangshan City 黃山市|黄山市[Huang2 shan1 Shi4], Anhui |
| 黄山市 | Huáng shān Shì | Huangshan, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省[An1 hui1 Sheng3] |
| 大黄 | dà huáng | rhubarb (botany) |
| 黄平县 | Huáng píng Xiàn | Huangping, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自… |
| 黄山 | Huáng Shān | Huangshan, mountain range in Anhui province |
| 黄山 | Huáng shān | see 黃山市|黄山市[Huang2 shan1 Shi4]; see 黃山區|黄山区[Huang2 shan1 Qu1] |
| 地黄 | dì huáng | Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa), its rhizome used in TCM |
| 小黄 | xiǎo huáng | (Tw) (coll.) taxicab |
| 小黄车 | xiǎo huáng chē | yellow bicycle (nickname for bicycles provided by the Ofo bike-sharing company, active 201… |
| 黄海道 | Huáng hǎi dào | former Hwanghae Province of northwest Korea, divided into North and South Hwanghae Provinc… |
| 黄海 | Huáng Hǎi | Yellow Sea |
| 黄石市 | Huáng shí Shì | Huangshi, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] |
| 黄海南道 | Huáng Hǎi nán dào | South Hwanghae Province of west North Korea |
| 金黄 | jīn huáng | golden yellow; golden |
| 黄金 | huáng jīn | gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time) |
| 花黄 | huā huáng | yellow flower (cosmetic powder used on women's forehead in former times) |
| 黄花 | huáng huā | yellow flowers (of various types); chrysanthemum; cauliflower; (yellow) daylily; a young v… |
| 黄体 | huáng tǐ | corpus luteum (glands in female mammals producing progesterone) |
| 黄龙县 | Huáng lóng Xiàn | Huanglong, a county in Yan'an City 延安市[Yan2 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| 黄州区 | Huáng zhōu Qū | Huangzhou, a district of Huanggang City 黃岡市|黄冈市[Huang2 gang1 Shi4], Hubei |