皇
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emperor; old variant of 惶[huang2]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 白 +4
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 皇
- Common rank
- #641
- Unicode
- U+7687
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 皇
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皇家马德里 | Real Madrid (soccer team) | |
| 皇家学会 | the Royal Society (UK scientific academy) | |
| 英国皇家学会 | Royal Society | |
| 日本天皇 | Emperor of Japan | |
| 皇家海军 | Royal Navy (UK) | |
| 皇天后土 | heaven and earth (idiom) | |
| 皇后区 | Queens, one of the five boroughs of New York City | |
| 加拿大皇家海军 | Royal Canadian Navy | |
| 皇天不负苦心人 | Heaven will not disappoint the person who tries (idiom). If you try hard, you're bound to … | |
| 皇家加勒比海游轮公司 | Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines | |
| 皇太子 | crown prince | |
| 太上皇 | Taishang Huang; Retired Emperor; father of the reigning emperor; fig. puppet master | |
| 皇子 | prince | |
| 人皇 | Human Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] | |
| 变装皇后 | drag queen | |
| 地皇 | Earthly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] | |
| 天皇 | Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2]; emperor; empero… | |
| 皇天 | August Heaven; Heaven as supreme deity (often paired with 后土[Hou4 tu3], the Earth Deity) | |
| 皇马 | Real Madrid soccer team; abbr. for 皇家馬德里|皇家马德里 | |
| 皇太后 | empress dowager |
Sound family
These characters use 皇 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皇 sound part | royal, imperial; ruler, superior | |
| 惶 | anxious, nervous, uneasy | |
| 蝗 | locust | |
| 凰 | female phoenix | |
| 煌 | bright, shining, luminous | |
| 遑 | leisurely; hurried, anxious | |
| 湟 | river in Qinghai province | |
| 艎 | fast boat | |
| 隍 | dry ditch, dry moat | |
| 徨 | doubtful, irresolute, vacillating | |
| 篁 | bamboo grove | |
| 鳇 | sturgeon |