皇 — Chinese character
皇
huáng
royal, imperial; ruler, superior
- Pinyin
- huáng
- Radical
- 106 ⽩ (White)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 白 王
- Formation
- ideographic — A crown 白 on the head of the emperor 王
- Japanese
- 皇 as a kanji
Common words with 皇
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皇帝 | huáng dì | emperor; 个 (gè) |
| 皇家 | huáng jiā | royal; imperial household |
| 皇后 | huáng hòu | empress; imperial consort |
| 皇室 | huáng shì | royal family; imperial household |
| 皇上 | huáng shang | the emperor; Your majesty the emperor |
| 皇宫 (皇宮) | huáng gōng | imperial palace |
| 皇冠 | huáng guān | crown (headgear) |
| 教皇 | jiào huáng | (Catholicism) pope; pontiff |
| 沙皇 | shā huáng | czar (loanword) |
| 女皇 | nǚ huáng | empress |
| 皇位 | huáng wèi | the title of Emperor |
| 皇太后 | huáng tài hòu | empress dowager |
English words written with 皇
皇 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 2 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 14
- Analects 20.1
- Mencius 3B.3
- Zhuangzi Opening Trunks
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.