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Japanese symbol for “pronounced”

Romaji: noukou
rich (flavor, color, etc.); strong (e.g. odor); heavy; thick (soup, makeup, etc.)

In Japanese, pronounced is , read (noukou).

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Meanings

  1. adj-na rich (flavor, color, etc.); strong (e.g. odor); heavy; thick (soup, makeup, etc.); dense
  2. adj-na probable; (very) likely; strong (suspicion, sense, etc.); pronounced
  3. adj-na passionate; sensuous; hot

Kanji and stroke order

concentrated, thick, dark
on: ノウ
kun: こ.い
16 strokes · JLPT 2
thick, heavy, rich
on: コウ
kun: あつ.い、あか
9 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “pronounced”

WordReadingMeaning
いろこい irokoimarked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
のうしゅく noushukuconcentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation
こい koideep (colour); dark
のうど noudoconcentration; density
のうむ noumuheavy fog; dense fog; thick fog
のうこん noukondark blue
こうせい kouseiwelfare; public welfare; social welfare
あつい atsuithick; deep; heavy
あつみ atsumithickness

See also: Chinese symbol for “pronounced”.

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.