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皇
Huáng
1. emperor
2. surname Huang
Very Common • Top 6% ✏️ 9 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

皇
huáng
royal, imperial; ruler, superior
HSK 6 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

三皇
sānhuáng
Three Sovereigns, between Gods and Emperors in third millennium BC
仓皇
cānghuáng
in a panic
先皇
xiānHuáng
the late Emperor
堂皇
tánghuáng
imposing
天皇
tiānhuáng
emperor
女皇
nǚhuáng
empress
张皇
zhānghuáng
alarmed
教皇
Jiàohuáng
Roman Catholic pope
旁皇
pánghuáng
variant of [[彷徨<pánghuáng>]]
沙皇
shāhuáng
czar (loanword)
玉皇
Yùhuáng
Jade Emperor (in Taoism)
皇上
huángshang
the emperor
皇位
huángwèi
the title of Emperor
皇储
huángchǔ
crown prince
皇冠
huángguān
crown (headgear)
皇古
huánggǔ
ancient times
皇后
huánghòu
empress
HSK 6
皇城
Huángchéng
Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center
皇堡
Huángbǎo
Burger King Whopper
皇姑
Huánggū
Huanggu district of Shenyang city [[沈陽市|沈阳市]], Liaoning

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
758
Word Frequency Rank
4,650 of 84,292

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