黄
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yellow; pornographic; to fall through
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 黃 itself
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 黃
- Common rank
- #112
- Unicode
- U+9EC4
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Formation & memory
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Words with 黄
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黄山区 | Huangshan, a district of Huangshan City 黃山市|黄山市[Huang2 shan1 Shi4], Anhui | |
| 黄山市 | Huangshan, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省[An1 hui1 Sheng3] | |
| 大黄 | rhubarb (botany) | |
| 黄平县 | Huangping, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自… | |
| 黄山 | Huangshan, mountain range in Anhui province | |
| 黄山 | see 黃山市|黄山市[Huang2 shan1 Shi4]; see 黃山區|黄山区[Huang2 shan1 Qu1] | |
| 地黄 | Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa), its rhizome used in TCM | |
| 小黄 | (Tw) (coll.) taxicab | |
| 小黄车 | yellow bicycle (nickname for bicycles provided by the Ofo bike-sharing company, active 201… | |
| 黄海道 | former Hwanghae Province of northwest Korea, divided into North and South Hwanghae Provinc… | |
| 黄海 | Yellow Sea | |
| 黄石市 | Huangshi, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] | |
| 黄海南道 | South Hwanghae Province of west North Korea | |
| 金黄 | golden yellow; golden | |
| 黄金 | gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time) | |
| 花黄 | yellow flower (cosmetic powder used on women's forehead in former times) | |
| 黄花 | yellow flowers (of various types); chrysanthemum; cauliflower; (yellow) daylily; a young v… | |
| 黄体 | corpus luteum (glands in female mammals producing progesterone) | |
| 黄龙县 | Huanglong, a county in Yan'an City 延安市[Yan2 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi | |
| 黄州区 | Huangzhou, a district of Huanggang City 黃岡市|黄冈市[Huang2 gang1 Shi4], Hubei |
Sound family
These characters use 黄 as their sound component — compare how they read.