洪
flood; deluge; vast
9 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1778.
Readings
Components
- 氵
- 共
- 一 radical one
- ｜ radical vertical stroke
- ハ radical eight, katakana ha
- 二 radical two
- ⺡ radical water, left-side form of 水
Words using 洪
- 洪水 (こうずい) flood
- 大洪水 (だいこうずい) heavy flooding
- 洪水吐 (こうずいばき) spillway (esp. for floodwater management)
- 洪範 (こうはん) great model
- 洪積層 (こうせきそう) diluvium
12 words in all.