(huáng)

HSK 69 strokes

surname Huang

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
huáng
Meaning
surname Huang
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱白王

A crown 白 on the head of the emperor 王

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

huángshang
HSK 7-9

the emperor

Open 皇上 page →
huánghòu
HSK 7-9

empress

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sānhuáng

the three legendary sovereigns of the third millennium BC: Suiren 燧人[Sui4 r…

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rénhuáng

Human Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2]

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cānghuáng

in a panic; flurried

Open 仓皇 page →

three sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] and five emperors 五帝[wu3 di4] of myth and legend

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to run off in a great panic (idiom)

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