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洪 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
準2High school level ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
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Meaning
flood; vast

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" with 共 "to join": waters joining and spilling over — a flood.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコウこうkō洪水こうずい洪積層こうせきそう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 洪水こうずい

    a flood

  • 大洪水だいこうずい

    a great flood

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

大雨(おおあめ)で洪水(こうずい)が起(お)きた。

Heavy rain caused a flood.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

大洪水洪水洪大big水water汁soup江large…沸boil泡bubble泥mud岬cape肯consen…享receiv…侯marqui…耗wear…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading コウAll maps

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