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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N2

768 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: thick, heavy, rich, kind, cordial, brazen, shameless

Kunyomi: あつ.い, あか

Onyomi: コウ

Composition: 厂 日 子

厚

Radical

Radical: 厂

Reading: がんだれ

Meaning: cliff

Strokes: 2

⼚

Examples

Examples with audio

厚意(こうい)   kindness, favor

厚顔無恥(こうがんむち)   brazen and unscrupulous

濃厚な(のうこうな)   dense

温厚な(おんこうな)   gentle

厚い(あつい)   thick

厚かましい(あつかましい)   impudent

Onyomi Examples

厚生 (コウセイ) welfare, public welfare, social welfare, (former) Ministry of Health and Welfare

厚相 (コウショウ) Welfare Minister

重厚 (ジュウコウ) profound, deep, grave, solid, dignified, stately, solemn, composed, substantial, massive

敗色濃厚 (ハイショクノウコウ) likely loss, probable defeat

Kunyomi Examples

厚い (あつい) thick, deep, heavy, kind, cordial, hospitable, warm, faithful, serious (of an illness), abundant

厚板 (あついた) thick board, plank, steel plate (with a thickness of at least 3 mm), heavy brocade cloth, Elaphoglossum yoshinagae (species of fern)

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