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expanse of water

HSK 10
Nature →Elements →Water
huáng
コウ、オウ
いけ
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 黄 represents the sound.
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 黄 yellow =
潢 expanse of water
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
黄 Phonetic component
huáng yellow
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
潢
Regular
Modern
Chinese
潢 [huáng]
dye paper; lake; pond; mount scroll
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (9)
装潢 [zhuāng​huáng] #14,455
to mount (a picture)
装潢 [zhuāng​huáng] #14,455
to mount (a picture)
潢川 [Huáng​chuān] #57,159
Huangchuan county in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan
潢川县 [Huáng​chuān​xiàn] #60,769
Huangchuan county in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan
潢川县 [Huáng​chuān​xiàn] #60,769
Huangchuan county in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan
室内装潢 [shì​nèi​zhuāng​huáng]
interior decorating
室内装潢 [shì​nèi​zhuāng​huáng]
interior decorating
断港绝潢 [duàn​gǎng​jué​huáng]
to be unable to continue
断港绝潢 [duàn​gǎng​jué​huáng]
to be unable to continue