GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 7

黄

黄 is read as huáng.

Pinyin

huáng

Script forms

Simplified 黄 · Traditional 黃

Basic meaning

yellow

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Ancient Huang state; destroyed by Chu in 648 BCE

Place: Huang state around today's Huangchuan, Henan Province

Origin note

The central Huang tradition is an ancient state-name origin. Huang is linked with the ancient Huang state in today's Huangchuan, Henan. After Chu destroyed Huang in 648 BCE, descendants of the state used Huang as a surname.

Historical figures

黄歇 (Huang Xie)

died 238 BCE · Lord Chunshen of Chu

One of the Four Lords of the Warring States, closely tied to Chu political history and Huang surname memory.

黄庭坚 (Huang Tingjian)

1045-1105 CE · Northern Song poet and calligrapher

A major Song literary figure and calligrapher, often associated with the Jiangxi poetry school.

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