磺 (huáng) — sulfur
Definition
noun
sulfur
Easily confused
- 璜huánglook-alikesemi-circular jade tablet (ancient Chinese ritual object)
- 黄huángsound-alikeyellow (the color)
- 横hénglook-alikehorizontal, across, crosswise (adjective/adverb)
- 皇huángsound-alikeimperial; royal
- 簧huángsound-alikereed (of a musical instrument)
- 惶huángsound-alikefearful, anxious (used in compounds)
Examples
- ，。Zhè zhǒng liú huáng shì huáng sè de gù tǐ fěn mò, cháng yòng yú gōng yè.This sulfur is a yellow solid powder, commonly used in industry.
- 。Liú huáng shì yì zhǒng zhòng yào de gōng yè yuán liào.Sulfur is an important industrial raw material.
- 。Liú huáng cháng yòng yú zhì zào liú suān.Sulfur is commonly used to make sulfuric acid.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
Sound part声符shēngfú
黃
黃huáng磺huáng
Same sound today
磺 pairs 石 (rock; stone) with 黃, which shows the sound. The 石 part points to a meaning related to stone or rock.
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