洪

deluge, flood, vast

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

コウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Nanori (名乗り)

ほん

Stroke Order

9 / 9

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:9

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1778

Vocabulary

コウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
洪積	コウセキ	diluvial epoch
洪積世	コウセキセイ	diluvial epoch
洪積層	コウセキソウ	diluvium; diluvial formation
洪大無辺	コウダイムヘン	boundless; infinite; vast
洪大	コウダイ	great; immense

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
洪水	こうずい	flood; flooding
洪牙利	ハンガリー	Hungary
大洪水	だいこうずい	heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
洪水神話	こうずいしんわ	flood myth
氷河湖決壊洪水	ひょうがこけっかいこうずい	glacial lake outburst flood

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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shallow, superficial, frivolous, wretched, shameful

drift, float (on liquid)

astringent, hesitate, reluctant, have diarrhea