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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.
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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(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 黄)
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