洪 — Chinese character
洪
hóng
deluge, flood; immense, vast
- Pinyin
- hóng
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 氵 共
- Formation
- ideographic — All 共 the water 氵; 共 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 洪 as a kanji
Common words with 洪
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 洪水 | hóng shuǐ | deluge; flood |
| 洪灾 (洪災) | hóng zāi | flood |
| 防洪 | fáng hóng | flood control; flood prevention |
| 洪流 | hóng liú | a powerful current; a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas) |
| 抗洪 | kàng hóng | to fight a flood |
| 山洪 | shān hóng | deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt |
| 洪亮 | hóng liàng | loud and clear; resonant |
| 洪峰 | hóng fēng | flood peak |
| 洪涝 (洪澇) | hóng lào | flood; inundation |
| 泄洪 (洩洪) | xiè hóng | to release flood water; flood discharge |
| 洪水猛兽 (洪水猛獸) | hóng shuǐ měng shòu | lit. severe floods and fierce beasts (idiom); fig. great scourges |
| 洪福 | hóng fú | good fortune; great blessing |
English words written with 洪
洪 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 4 · Zhuangzi 1
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