洪 — readings, stroke count and radical

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menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. おおみず。
2. あふれる。大量。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

形声。「水」+音符「共」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

deluge, flood, vast

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• コウJHS

Nanori (used in names)

• ほん

Other languages

• 拼音hong2
• 한글hong
• Hán-ViệtHồng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

infoBasics

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

水(みず)

JIS level

Level 1

JLPT (old scale)

Level 1

Unicode

U+6D2A

grid_viewComponents

• 一いち
• ｜
• ハ
• 二に
• 氵さんずい

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵共

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 洪水こうずい大雨や融雪によって、河川の水が増えて溢れ出すこと。 物や人が大量に押し寄せること。flood, flooding
• 洪こうハンガリーを意味する語を作る。Hungary
• 洪積こうせきdiluvial epoch
• 洪大こうだいこの上なく大きいこと。また、そのようなさま。great, immense
• 洪範こうはんgreat model, great example (esp. of governing the world)
• 洪恩こうおん広大な恩恵。great debt of gratitude, great obligation
• 洪牙利ハンガリーハンガリーの日本語による漢字表記。Hungary
• 洪積世こうせきせい更新世の旧称。diluvial epoch
• 洪積層こうせきそう更新世（旧名洪積世）に堆積した古い地層。diluvium, diluvial formation
• 洪水吐こうずいばきspillway (esp. for floodwater management)
• 洪水神話こうずいしんわflood myth

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(13 results)

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• 哄One part differs
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• 拱One part differs
• 晎One part differs
• 栱One part differs
• 烘One part differs
• 珙One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-3-6

Four Corner

3418.1

Spahn–Hadamitzky

3a6.14

Heisig

1939

Nelson

2544