phonetic map : 皇 huang
goulnik
December 10, 2008, 06:10 AM posted in General Discussion| huang | ||
| 煌 huáng bright; brilliant 煌煌 huánghuáng sparkling and bright 辉煌 huīhuáng brilliant; glorious |
皇 huáng emperor; sovereign / imperial; royal; magnificent; uneasy; anxious 皇帝 huángdì emperor 皇后 huánghòu empress 保皇 bǎohuáng royalist 堂皇 tánghuáng stately; magnificent 仓皇 cānghuáng in a panic; hurriedly |
惶 huáng afraid; fearful; anxious; uneasy; hurried 惶恐 huángkǒng terrified 忧惶 yōuhuáng worried and apprehensive 惶惶 huánghuáng agitated; restless |
| 凰 huáng . 凤凰 fènghuáng phoenix 求凰 qiúhuáng to seek a wife |
徨 huáng . 徊徨 huíhuáng to walk back and forth; hesitate |
篁 huáng bamboo grove 幽篁 yōuhuáng secluded and restful bamboo grove |
| 蝗 huáng locust 蝗虫 huángchóng locust; yellow mini-cab |
遑 huáng . 遑急 huángjí agitated; scared and harried 不遑 bùhuáng f.e. there's not enough time to do sth. |
隍 huáng dry moat outside a city wall 城隍 chénghuáng city god; moat 池隍 chíhuáng n. moat |
| 艎 huáng . 艅艎 yúhuáng big warship |
(饣+皇) huáng . (饣+长)(饣+皇) zhānghuáng dried sweetmeat |
鰉 huáng sturgeon 鲟鳇 xún-huáng giant fish; Chinese sturgeon |
changye
December 10, 2008, 12:34 AMThey all have the second tone. It's very consistent. The sound of 皇 has remained almost unchanged for more than two thousand years. Looks like the status of 皇帝 is very stable in China, haha.
goulnik
December 09, 2008, 09:06 PMlots of infrequent words here, but very consistent phonetic structure.
also note that 饣+皇 (radical+phonetic) is a single character that doesn not have a Unicode representation. same thing with 饣+长