huáng

fast boat

Components

Meaning component
zhōu boat

boat

Sound component
huáng royal

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷaːŋ

說文解字

艅艎也。从舟皇聲。

Sources

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