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The character "黄", with its traditional form "黃", has consistently denoted the color yellow since its earliest attestations, and its structure in the traditional configuration is analytically decomposed into the components "艹", "一", "由", and "八", though these are largely phonetic and not directly indicative of its meaning. Etymologically, the character is derived from conceptual associations with yellowish entities such as fertile earth or certain minerals, which solidified its semantic focus on the color. Over centuries, while its graphical composition stabilized, its application broadened to function as a common surname and in toponyms like "黄河", yet without altering its fundamental reference to yellow.
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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。