Kanji

洪

洪

deluge, flood, vast

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

水部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

コウ

Nanori (Name Reading)

おお, ひろ, ひろし

Common Readings

コウ

Example sentences

洪水 こうずい
大雨 で 大規模 な 洪水 が 起きた 。

Heavy rain caused a large-scale flood.

ダム ダム
この ダム は 、 街 を 洪水 から 守る ため に 建設 された 。

This dam was built to protect the city from floods.

大洪水 だいこうずい
激しい 雨 が 続き 、 町 は 大洪水 に 見舞われた 。

The town was hit by a major flood after continuous heavy rain.

方舟 はこぶね
旧約聖書 に は 、 大洪水 に 備えて ノア が 巨大 な 方舟 を 造った という 物語 が ある 。

In the Old Testament, there is a story that Noah built a giant ark in preparation for a great flood.

洪積 こうせき
この 地域 に は 洪積 台地 が 広がっている 。

Diluvial plateaus spread across this region.

Example Vocabulary

洪水

こうずい

flood; inundation

大洪水

だいこうずい

major flood; great deluge

洪

こう

洪水神話

こうずいしんわ

洪積

こうせき

diluvial; diluvium

洪牙利

ハンガリー

洪基

洪積世

こうせきせい

洪積層

こうせきそう

洪大

こうだい

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