In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 42 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

The xin zixing form of this radical, 黄, is the 192nd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

黄 is also the Japanese simplified form (shinjitai) of this radical character.

This radical has different forms in different languages or characters.

In Japanese, the simplified (shinjitai) form 黄 is used in jōyō kanji (e.g. 横), while the traditional form 黃 is used in hyōgai kanji (e.g. 曠).