The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1778 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: deluge, flood, vast

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: コウ

Composition: 氵共

洪

Radical

Radical: 水

Meaning: water

Reading: みず

Frequency: 1,595

Alternative forms:

氵(

alt radical position hen

)氺

水

Examples

Onyomi Examples

洪（コウ） Hungary

洪水（コウズイ） flood, flooding