Memory phrase for the character: 皇

皇

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Meaning

emperor

Pronunciation

huáng

Explanation

 Top: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white.), below: king 王. Here: consider 白 as an emphasis ノ over a sun 日)

Mnemonic
 
This particular (emphasized) sun is above the king: It is the emperor.

Radicals

白 whiteIn strong sunshine, you are blinded by the brightness. Such that: The rays 丶 of the sun 日 make it: white.
皇 emperorThe emphasized ノ (thus special) sun 日 above the king 王.




 Vocabulary

皇帝 huáng dì  emperor
沙皇 Shā huáng  Tsar
皇甫嵩 Huáng fǔ Sōng  Huangfu Song (-195), later Han general and warlord
冠冕堂皇 guān miǎn táng huáng  high-sounding; dignified; pompous (idiom)
羲皇上人 xī huáng shàng rén  person from ages immemorial; fig. untroubled person
 

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