huáng

river in qinghai province

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
huáng royal

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷaːŋ
Unicodehuɑng

說文解字

水。出金城臨羌塞外,東入河。从水皇聲。

Sources

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