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洪 means 'flood'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 2196   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-42    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 10 words   Used in 13 words   Used in 141 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   コウ
Additional readings
Name    ほん
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Learn how floods pose a serious threat in ultra-rainy Japan, which now has the world's largest underground flood-prevention facility. Find out how to talk about real and figurative floods. Hear Okinawan "flood myths," and see what the Japanese say about Noah's flood. Examine 洪 in the names of a huge bell, famous ship, well-known doctor, star athlete, and two countries.
Components
⿰  氵 (水) water  共 together  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 洪 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 洪 is used 12 times, read 1 way.
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コウ : 12 words FIND ALL
こ う ず い 0 こ う ず い 1
noun
flood
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洪
コウ    flood, deluge   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
共
キョウ   とも together   
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艹
grass   
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
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