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隍

huáng

Character

What 隍 means

1. dry moat
2. god of city

Example sentences

• 他计画周末去新竹小旅行，顺便逛城隍庙夜市。
  He plans to take a short trip to Hsinchu this weekend and visit the Chenghuang Temple Night Market along the way.

Words containing 隍

• 城隍Chéng HuángShing Wong (deity in Chinese mythology)

Characters built on 皇

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

• 凰huángused in 凤凰
• 煌huángbrilliant
• 惶huáng(bound form) fear; dread; anxiety; trepidation
• 蝗huánglocust
• 徨huángused in 彷徨
• 遑huángleisure
• 湟huángname of a river
• 篁huáng(bamboo); bamboo grove

Characters that look like 隍

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

• 隐yǐn(bound form) secret; hidden; concealed; crypto-
• 绩jìto spin (hemp etc); merit; accomplishment
• 陪péito accompany; to keep sb company; to assist
• 惶huáng(bound form) fear; dread; anxiety; trepidation
• 颅lúforehead; skull
• 徨huángused in 彷徨

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
• 璜semicircular jade ornament