洪 — kanji meaning “deluge”
洪
deluge, flood, vast
- Meanings
- deluge, flood, vast
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- ほん
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1778 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 85
- Chinese reading
- hóng — Chinese character page
Words with 洪
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 洪水 | こうずい kouzui | flood; flooding |
| 洪積世 | こうせきせい kousekisei | diluvial epoch |
| 洪牙利 | ハンガリー hangarii | Hungary |
| 洪積 | こうせき kouseki | diluvial epoch |
| 洪積層 | こうせきそう kousekisou | diluvium; diluvial formation |
| 洪大 | こうだい koudai | great; immense |
| 大洪水 | だいこうずい daikouzui | heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge |
| 洪水神話 | こうずいしんわ kouzuishinwa | flood myth |
| 洪範 | こうはん kouhan | great model; great example (esp. of governing the world) |
| 洪恩 | こうおん kouon | great debt of gratitude; great obligation |
| 洪水吐 | こうずいばき kouzuibaki | spillway (esp. for floodwater management) |
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