濃

concentrated, thick, dark, undiluted

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ノウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

こ.い

Nanori (名乗り)

の

Stroke Order

16 / 16

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:16

JLPT:N2

Frequency:1200

Vocabulary

ノウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
濃厚	ノウコウ	rich (flavor, color, etc.); strong (e.g. odor); heavy; thick (soup, makeup, etc.); dense; probable; (very) likely; strong (suspicion, sense, etc.); pronounced; passionate; sensuous; hot
濃縮	ノウシュク	concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation
濃淡	ノウタン	light and shade; shade (of colour, color); depth (of flavor); complexity; strength and weakness (of flavor)
濃度	ノウド	concentration; density; cardinality
濃紺	ノウコン	dark blue

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
濃い	こい	deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.); thick (i.e. "as thick as thieves"); close; deep (love, etc.)
油っ濃い	あぶらっこい	greasy; fatty; oily
濃やか	こまやか	tender; warm; caring; thoughtful; meticulous; detailed; attentive; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
濃褐色	のうかっしょく	dark brown
敗色が濃い	はいしょくがこい	the team appears to be headed for defeat; strong indications of defeat

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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hot water, bath, hot spring

wandering, waves, billows, reckless, unrestrained

violent, get excited, enraged, chafe, incite

war, battle, match

nest, rookery, hive, cobweb, den