huáng

dry ditch

Components
阝 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

hill, place

place

皇 sound component

  Sound component

huáng

  

royal

Evolution

隍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
隍 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

huáng

dry ditch, dry moat; dry moat; god of city

Most common words with 隍
Freq.
Word
Meaning

城隍

Shing Wong (deity in Chinese mythology)

dry moat