皇皇

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Chinese

emperor; surname emperor; surname
simp. and trad.
(皇皇)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (102)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter hwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦwɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwaŋ/
Li
Rong
/ɣuɑŋ/
Wang
Li
/ɣuɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣwɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wong4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
huáng huáng
Middle
Chinese
‹ hwang › ‹ hwang ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʷˁaŋ/ /*ʷˁaŋ/
English yellow and white spotted sovereign

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 12696
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡʷaːŋ/
Notes

Adjective

皇皇

  1. (literary, ideophonic) magnificent; glorious; majestic; splendid
  2. (literary, ideophonic) brilliant; shining; radiant
  3. (literary, ideophonic) vast; wide-reaching
  4. (literary, ideophonic) Alternative form of 惶惶 (huánghuáng, anxious; uneasy)
  5. (literary, ideophonic) Alternative form of 惶惶 (huánghuáng, hurried; hasty)

Synonyms

  • (magnificent):

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

皇皇 (hwanghwang) (hangeul 황황)

  1. hanja form? of 황황 (beautiful and holy figure)