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huáng

Rank #4551

Definitions

huáng dye paper; lake; pond; mount scroll

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 黄 represents the sound.

Semantic: 氵 Phonetic: 黄

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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

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Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

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Related Characters

Component: 氵

Component: 黄

Components

氵黄

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