huáng

bamboo grove

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo

bamboo

Sound component
huáng royal

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷaːŋ
Unicodehuɑng

說文解字

竹田也。从竹皇聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica