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U+9EC4, 黄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EC4

[U+9EC3]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9EC5]
U+2EE9, ⻩
CJK RADICAL SIMPLIFIED YELLOW

[U+2EE8]
CJK Radicals Supplement
[U+2EEA]

Translingual

Stroke order
11 strokes
Stroke order

Glyph origin

Variant of (huáng).

Han character

(Kangxi radical 201, +0, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿中田金 (TLWC), composition (GHJV) or (T))

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1516, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47926
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2048, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4596, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9EC4

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“yellow; yolk; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of ).
Notes:

Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. yellow

Readings

Compounds

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Japonic *koy.

Pronunciation

Adjective

() (ki-na (adnominal () (ki na), adverbial () (ki ni))

  1. yellow
Inflection

Noun

() (ki

  1. yellow

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2
kan'on
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese (MC hwang).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

Affix

(こう) (くわう (kwau)?

  1. yellow

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
おう
Grade: 2
goon
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese (MC hwang).

The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

Affix

(おう) (ōわう (wau)?

  1. yellow

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

(hwang) (hangeul , revised hwang, McCune–Reischauer hwang, Yale hwang)

  1. variant of
  2. yellow