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JLPT N2 kanji · Chapter 22

黄 kanji: meaning, readings and stroke order

yellow

On: オウou コウkou
Kun: きki こko

Onreadings from Chinese, in katakanaKunJapanese readings, in hiraganaOn’yomi vs Kun’yomi

黄11 strokes

How to write 黄: stroke order

黄 has 11 strokes. Each step adds the next stroke in red, with a dot where it starts. Tap the large character above to watch it written again.

黄 stroke order diagram with numbered strokes — The stroke order of 黄 in one diagram: each number marks where its stroke starts.

Kanji stroke order: The 10 rules, with animated examples

Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel and contributors (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Parts of 黄

The parts 黄 is built from, each highlighted where it sits. Parts that are kanji themselves link to their own page.

龷
由
reason; origin
八
eight

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