JLPT N1 · 9 strokes
Kanji 洪: "deluge, flood, vast"
The kanji 洪 means "deluge, flood, vast". It is written with 9 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read コウ in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | deluge, flood, vast |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 9 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1778 of 2,501 |
Common words with 洪
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 洪水flood; flooding
- 大洪水heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge · great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
- 洪牙利Hungary
- 洪Hungary
- 洪大great; immense
- 洪積世diluvial epoch
- 洪積diluvial epoch
- 洪積層diluvium; diluvial formation
- 洪範great model; great example (esp. of governing the world)
- 洪水神話flood myth
- 洪恩great debt of gratitude; great obligation
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