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洪

Reading

Kana: コウ
Romaji: kou
Kana
Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: ほん
Romaji: hon
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

deluge, flood, vast

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  85
Frequency:  1778
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-6
Korean Reading:  hong
Chinese Reading:  hong2
Unicode:  6d2a
JIS:  393F

Indexes

Halpern Index: 386
Nelson Index: 2544
New Nelson Index: 3123
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3a6.14
Four Corner Index: 3418.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 1252
Gakken Index: 1918
Japanese Names Index: 811
Daikanwanjiten Index: 17402
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.1106
Remembering the kanji Index: 1799
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1470
Kodansha Compact Index: 1186
Kanji in Context Index: 1396
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 286
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 346
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1817
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1939
Essential Kanji Index: 1833
Kodansha Kanji Index: 461
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 361
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1273

Words

洪水 (こうずい)
flood
洪積世 (こうせきせい)
diluvial epoch
洪大 (こうだい)
great; immense
洪牙利 (ハンガリー)
Hungary
鴻基 (こうき)
foundation of a great project; base of a great enterprise
洪積 (こうせき)
diluvial epoch (geol.)
洪積層 (こうせきそう)
diluvial formation (geol.)
日洪親善 (にっこうしんぜん)
goodwill between Japan and Hungary
洪水神話 (こうずいしんわ)
flood myth
鴻業 (こうぎょう)
glorious achievement
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