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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 edit

Stroke order
 
Stroke order
 

Glyph origin edit

Variant of (huáng).

Han character edit

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

References edit

  • 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 edit

Glyph origin edit

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 edit

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

Japanese edit

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji edit

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. yellow

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Japonic *koy.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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

  1. yellow
Inflection edit

Noun edit

() (ki

  1. yellow

Etymology 2 edit

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 edit

Affix edit

(こう) (くわう (kwau)?

  1. yellow

Etymology 3 edit

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 edit

Affix edit

(おう) (ōわう (wau)?

  1. yellow

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja edit

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

  1. variant of
  2. yellow