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黄 huáng — “yellow”

How to write and say the Chinese character 黄 (huáng), which means yellow — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Colours & describing.

Pinyin · 拼音 huáng
Meaning · 意思 yellow
Strokes · 笔画 11
Radical · 部首 黄 (yellow)
Hear it · 听发音
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Stroke order笔顺

黄 is written with 11 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

A little picture: a jade pendant.

A common word常用词

黄huáng色sè

yellow

Example sentence例句

香xiāng蕉jiāo是shì黄huáng色sè的de。

Bananas are yellow.

This page is part of the free Chinese character explorer from Casey Foundation Chinese School — a Saturday community Chinese school in Narre Warren, Victoria, serving Berwick, Cranbourne, Hallam and families across Melbourne's southeast. New students get a free trial lesson.