huáng
noun #95,839

Measure Word

一条 tiáo

Meanings

  1. 1 kaluga sturgeon
  2. 2 huso (giant sturgeon native to the Amur River basin)

Examples

Hēilóngjiāng liúyù shì huáng de zhǔyào qīxīdì.
The Heilongjiang (Amur) basin is the main habitat of the kaluga sturgeon.
Yěshēng huángyú rújīn yǐ shì bīnwēi wùzhǒng.
Wild kaluga sturgeon are now an endangered species.

Tips

memory
Radical (yú 'fish') + phonetic (huáng 'emperor') — literally the 'emperor fish'. Fitting, since the kaluga can grow over 5 metres long and was historically prized as imperial tribute.

Stroke Order

huáng