璜 (huáng) — semi-circular jade tablet (ancient Chinese ritu…

Definition

noun

semi-circular jade tablet (ancient Chinese ritual object)

Measure word · 块

Easily confused

璜。
Bó wù guǎn lǐ chén liè zhe yí jiàn jīng měi de huáng.
A beautiful semi-circular jade tablet is displayed in the museum.
璜。
Kǎo gǔ xué jiā zài mù zhōng fā xiàn le yì méi huáng.
Archaeologists discovered a semi-circular jade tablet in the tomb.
璜。
Zhè jiàn huáng shì xī zhōu shí qī de zhēn guì wén wù.
This semi-circular jade tablet is a precious cultural relic from the Western Zhou period.

Sound + meaning

六书liùshū

形声xíngshēng

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

𤣩Written in full as玉yùjade

Sound part声符shēngfú

黃

黃huáng璜huáng

Same sound today

璜 uses 𤣩, the jade form, to show it is a jade object, and 黃 to indicate its pronunciation.