黃

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/黃

Glyph origin
proposes that 黃 was originally a and the original character of. It has been phonetically borrowed for "yellow" since the era of the oracle bone script. noted the possible ritual of burning disabled people with a protruding chest or abdomen to pray for rain as mentioned in . The in the upper part of the bronze inscription of 黃 might be depicting the disabled person's face facing upwards.

, on the other hand, proposes that 黃 was originally a and the original character of  as the  in the oracle bone script resembles a ring of jade, so the character would carry the meaning of "a man wearing a ring of jade on his chest". The meaning "yellow" is the result of rebus.

According to , it is both a – the color of earth, with  being the ancient form of. However, this interpretation is likely erroneous as at the top was formed as a result of corruption of  in the bronze inscription.

Etymology
From. Cognate with, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.
 * “sexually obscene; pornographic”

Definitions

 * 1) yellow
 * 2) yolk
 * 3) yellow; Far East Asian
 * 4)  pornographic; lewd
 * 5)  to fizzle out; to fall through
 * 6)  to let the cat out of the bag
 * 7)  supportive of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement
 * 8)  to ripen
 * 1)  to fizzle out; to fall through
 * 2)  to let the cat out of the bag
 * 3)  supportive of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement
 * 4)  to ripen
 * 1)  to let the cat out of the bag
 * 2)  supportive of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement
 * 3)  to ripen
 * 1)  to ripen
 * 1)  to ripen

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