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Kanji Detail for 黃 - "yellow"
黃
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Meaning
黃 means "yellow." Also associated with golden, child.
Yellow - The color of gold and sunlight.
Golden - Having a yellow-gold hue.
Child - A young person; youth.
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- Verified meaning: yellow
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read おう)
- Also carries these associations: golden, 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.
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Name readings of 黃
Surnames 黃(おう)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
yellow; surname
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
yellow; surname; Kangxi radical 201
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Huang or Hwang
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
yellow; surname
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The color of ripened grains. Such as rice and wheat. In ancient times, the five colors were assigned to the five directions. Then this was the color of the center. Hence it was the most valued of colors. In the era of monarchs, imperial edicts used yellow. Other ceremonial decorations could only be used by the supreme ruler. | 玄黃 (dark and yellow). Refers to heaven and earth. As in 玄黃剖判, meaning the time when heaven and earth first separated. | The hair color of old people is yellow. Hence old people are called 黃髮 (yellow hair), 黃耇 (yellow and aged). | Small children. In Tang's household registration system, people three years old and under were classified as 黃 (yellow). Hence small children are called 黃口 (yellow mouth). | The color of gold. Hence gold and silver are also called 黃白物 (yellow and white things).
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