Save Type Surname (from nickname) Usage Korean, Chinese Scripts 황(Korean Hangul) 黃(Korean Hanja, Traditional Chinese) 黄(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /hwaŋ/(Korean) /xwaŋ/(Chinese) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Korean form of Huang, from Sino-Korean 黃 (hwang). It is also an alternate transcription of the Chinese name.