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黃 (Kangxi radical 201, 黃+0, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿一田金 (TMWC), four-corner 44806, composition ⿱⿱廿一⿱由八(GHJK) or ⿱⿱廿一⿱田八(T))
Historical forms of the character 黃 | |||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Old Chinese | |
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僙 | *kʷaːŋ |
廣 | *kʷaːŋʔ |
鄺 | *kʷaːŋʔ, *qʰʷaːŋ |
懬 | *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰaːŋʔ |
爌 | *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰʷaːŋs, *qʰʷaːŋʔ |
曠 | *kʰʷaːŋs |
矌 | *kʰʷaːŋs |
壙 | *kʰʷaːŋs |
纊 | *kʰʷaːŋs |
黃 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
璜 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
潢 | *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷaːŋs |
簧 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
癀 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
鱑 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
獚 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
蟥 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
趪 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
櫎 | *ɡʷaːŋʔ |
擴 | *ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ |
瀇 | *qʷaːŋʔ |
獷 | *kʷaŋʔ, *kʷraːŋʔ |
觵 | *kʷraːŋ |
礦 | *kʷraːŋʔ |
鑛 | *kʷraːŋʔ |
穬 | *kʷraːŋʔ |
橫 | *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs, *kʷaːŋ |
黌 | *ɡʷraːŋ |
鐄 | *ɡʷraːŋ |
嚝 | *qʰʷraːŋ |
彉 | *kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ |
彍 | *kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ |
Chi (2010) proposes that 黃 was originally a pictogram (象形) and the original character of 尪 (OC *qʷaːŋ, “a disabled person with a protruding chest or abdomen”). It has been phonetically borrowed for "yellow" since the era of the oracle bone script. He (1998) noted the possible ritual of burning disabled people with a protruding chest or abdomen to pray for rain as mentioned in Zuozhuan. The 口 in the upper part of the bronze inscription of 黃 might be depicting the disabled person's face facing upwards. Compare 堇.
Li (2012), on the other hand, proposes that 黃 was originally a pictogram (象形) and the original character of 璜 (OC *ɡʷaːŋ, “semicircular jade”) as the 口 in the oracle bone script resembles a ring of jade, so the character would carry the meaning of "a man wearing a ring of jade on his chest". The meaning "yellow" is the result of rebus. See also the original version of 周, which represents carved jade.
According to Shuowen, it is both a phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɡʷaːŋ) and ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : phonetic 炗 (, “light”) + semantic 田 (“field”) – the color of earth, with 炗 being the ancient form of 光 (OC *kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs, “light”). However, this interpretation is erroneous as 廿 at the top was formed as a result of corruption of 口 in the bronze inscription.
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hwaŋ (“shine; bright; yellow”). Cognate with 光 (OC *kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs, “light; bright”), 曠 (OC *kʰʷaːŋs, “bright; well-lit”), Burmese ဝင်း (wang:, “bright”), Burmese ဝါ (wa, “yellow”).
黃
Others:
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黃 |
(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 黄)
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