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Kanji Detail for 黄 - "yellow, to turn yellow"

黄

  • Meaning

    黄 means "yellow, to turn yellow." Also associated with child.

    1. Yellow - The color yellow.

    2. Beautiful - Splendid; magnificent.

    3. Heaven - The sky; celestial.

  • Words using 黄

    • 黄金 おうごん Listen gold (Au); golden; prosperous
    • 硫黄 いおう Listen sulfur (S); sulphur
    • 黄色 きいろ Listen yellow; amber
    • 黄金時代 おうごんじだい Listen golden age
    • 黄昏 たそがれ Listen dusk; twilight; twilight years
    • 黄色い きいろい Listen yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill

  • Four-character idioms with 黄

    • 黄金時代 おうごんじだい Listen golden age
    • 天地玄黄 てんちげんこう Listen heaven is black and earth is yellow; heaven and earth
    • 黄塵万丈 こうじんばんじょう Listen rising cloud of (yellowish) dust
    • 黄粱一炊 こうりょういっすい Listen fleeting nature of riches and honour (honor)
    • 黄道吉日 おうどうきちにち Listen very auspicious day for all types of occasions

  • Tattoo check: 黄

    • Verified meaning: yellow, to turn yellow
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read うい, うおん, おう, かつみ)
    • Also carries these associations: child

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 黄

    Given names 黄(かつみ)Listen 黄(きい)Listen 黄(こう)Listen 黄(こがね)Listen

    Surnames 黄(うい)Listen 黄(うおん)Listen 黄(おう)Listen 黄(き)Listen 黄(こ)Listen 黄(ごう)Listen 黄(こうけい)Listen 黄(しゅう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    yellow

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    yellow; surname

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Huang or Hwang

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    yellow; surname

  • Onyomi

    tip

    koh(コウ) コウ

    oh(オウ) オウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ki(き) き

    ko(こ) こ

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    黄 黃 (ki・kiiro)

  • Related Keywords

    yellow to turn yellow child amber canary citrine gold golden honey lemon mustard ochre saffron

Sentences including 黄

  • He lives in that yellow house.

  • I'll take the yellow one.

  • All the flowers in the garden are yellow.

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