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璜

huáng

Character

What 璜 means

1. semicircular jade ornament

Words containing 璜

• 唐璜táng huánga dandy; a fop; Don Juan
• 装璜zhuāng huángvariant of 装潢

Characters built on 黄

These share the phonetic component 黄 (huáng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 簧huángreed (of a music instrument); spring; coil
• 磺huángsulfur
• 潢huángdye paper; lake; pond
• 蟥huánghorse-leech

Characters that look like 璜

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 演yǎnto perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out…
• 槽cáotrough; manger; groove
• 稽jī(bound form) to examine; to check (against records); (literary) to delay; to linger…
• 瑾jǐnbrilliancy (of gems)
• 踵zhǒngto arrive; to follow; heel
• 漪yīripple

Sounds the same

Read huáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 黄yellow; pornographic; to fall through
• 皇emperor; old variant of 惶
• 煌brilliant
• 凰used in 凤凰
• 簧reed (of a music instrument); spring; coil
• 惶(bound form) fear; dread; anxiety; trepidation
• 湟name of a river
• 遑leisure
• 蝗locust
• 磺sulfur
• 潢dye paper; lake; pond
• 徨used in 彷徨