Kanji 洪: deluge, flood, vast

Key takeaways

Kanji 洪: deluge, flood, vast. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

洪

Meaning

delugefloodvast

On reading

コウ

Radical

水

Core meaning: 洪

deluge, flood, vast

洪

Structure breakdown

氵 + 共

When water (氵) comes together (共) in one place and overflows, it results in a flood. Imagine a vast amount of water gathering to form a great deluge.

コウ

Example 1

大雨で川が洪水になった。

Translation

The river flooded due to heavy rain.

Example 2

洪水の被害が大きい地域です。

Translation

This is an area with severe flood damage.