隍

Information about character(s)

Radical: 阜
Radical Strokes: 8
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 11
Variants: 堭

Pronunciation

Pinyin: huáng
Cantonese: wong4
JapaneseKun: HORI
JapaneseOn: KOU
Korean: HWANG

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: dry ditch, dry moat

CE-Dict: dry moat/god of city

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.dry moat outside a city wall

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《𨸏部》隍城池也。有水曰池，無水曰隍。从𨸏皇聲。《易》曰：「城復于隍。」

康熙字典文字版 【戌集中】【阜字部】隍
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤胡光切，音黃。【爾雅·釋詁】隍，虛也。【註】隍，城池無水者。又【釋言】隍，壑也。【註】城池空者爲壑。【說文】城池也。有水曰池，無水曰隍。【玉篇】城下坑也。【易·泰卦】城復于隍。　又【集韻】爲命切，音詠。義同。

CF-Dict: fossé de rempart/génie d'une ville