潢

huáng
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frequent character
dye paper, lake, pond, mount scroll

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

潢 has 氵 water as its picture part and 黃 huáng as its sound part. It first meant a pit that collects water, then grew to 'lake, pond'. The sense 'to dye paper, mount a scroll' was borrowed only for the sound.

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Homophones

HSK 3
黄huáng
yellow, pornographic, to fall through

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