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黄（traditional 黃）originated as a pictograph of a person with a distended belly, representing physical deformity. The component 口 was later added to suggest sighing, and the original sense "physically disabled" is now written 尪. The character's meaning shifted to "yellow" or "sallow", reflecting the sickly complexion of illness, and eventually became the general color term for yellow, linked with earth, ripe grain, and gold. It also took on associations with imperial authority and, in modern slang, certain media content. The simplified form 黄 is classified under the radical 黃.
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这件衣服是黄色的。
花园里有黄色的花。
秋天树叶变黄了。
妈妈买了几根黄瓜。
黄河是中国的母亲河。
盘子里有面包和黄油。
夕阳把天空染成了金黄色。
他们选择了一个黄道吉日举行婚礼。
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