懂中文 Dong Chinese

煌

huáng

bright

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 皇 represents the sound.

Components
火 meaning component

火  Meaning component

huǒ

  

fire

皇 sound component

皇  Sound component

huáng

  

royal

Evolution

煌 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
煌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
煌 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
煌 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

煌  

huáng

bright, shining, luminous; brilliant

Most common words with 煌
Freq.
Word
Meaning

辉煌

splendid

煌

brilliant

敦煌

Dunhuang county level city in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu

金碧辉煌

gold and jade in glorious splendor (idiom)

敦煌市

Dunhuang county level city in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu