The Chinese word **蛋黄** (dànhuáng), meaning "egg yolk," is a compound noun formed through a straightforward semantic combination of its two constituent characters: **蛋** (dàn), meaning "egg," and **黄** (huáng), meaning "yellow." It follows a common modifier-head structure in Chinese, where the first element specifies the category or source ("egg"), and the second element describes a key characteristic or the substance itself ("yellow"). This creates a semantically transparent and intuitive term that literally translates to "the yellow part of the egg," efficiently naming the object by its most defining feature and its origin.