Kanji

黄

Meaning

yellow

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • き いろ yellow
  • き いろい yellow
  • き み egg yolk
  • こ がねいろ golden
  • まめ こ がね Japanese beetle
  • ひめ こ がね soybean beetle (Anomala rufocuprea)

On'yomi

  • こう が Yellow River (China)
  • こう かい Yellow Sea
  • こう か Yellow Peril (alleged threat to Western civilization posed by East Asians)
  • い おう sulfur (S)
  • らん おう egg yolk
  • おう ごんじだい golden age

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/11

Related Entries

黄 き
yellow

Component Analysis

黄
yellow
き, こ-, コウ
龷
由
wherefore, a reason
よし, よ.る, ユ
八
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
や, や.つ, ハチ

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