huáng = hu + ang2
emperor / old variant of 惶[huang2]
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How to pronounce 皇

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= hu initial

Hu is for Helga Horse.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ang2 final

In the anglepod’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

皇 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
wáng = w + ang2
king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great
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wàng = w + ang4
to rule / to reign over
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bái = b + ai2
white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera
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Characters with 皇 as component

huáng = hu + ang2
sobbing / sound of bell
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huáng = hu + ang2
a dry moat outside a city wall / a dry ditch
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huáng = hu + ang2
to strike / to stab
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Words with 皇

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empress / imperial consort
royal / imperial household
emperor / CL:個|个[ge4]

Sentences with 皇

皇 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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huáng

emperor / old variant of 惶[huang2]

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