huángHuáng HSK2

yellow

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approved by Prismcool · Aug 25, 2025, 03:00 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Aug 25, 2025, 03:00 PM

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Original meaning: physically disabled

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodehuɑng

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.918
Readings & variants
Unicode