洪 — hong

Parts that make up 洪

How 洪 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 洪 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 共.

Korean example words with 洪

• 홍복洪福 Korean gloss: 큰 행복
• 홍범洪範 Korean gloss: 모범이 되는 큰 규범
• 홍수洪水 Korean gloss: 비가 많이 와서 강이나 개천에 갑자기 크게 불은 물
• 대홍수大洪水 Korean gloss: 큰 홍수
• 홍수란洪水亂 Korean gloss: 홍수로 발생하는 혼란
• 홍종洪鍾 Korean gloss: 큰 종.
• 홍하洪河 Korean gloss: 큰 강.
• 홍규洪規 Korean gloss: 큰 계략.
• 홍도洪濤 Korean gloss: 큰 파도.
• 홍파洪波 Korean gloss: 큰 파도.
• 홍량洪量 Korean gloss: 넓은 도량.
• 홍도洪圖 Korean gloss: 아주 넓은 판도.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 洪

• 洪水こうずい flood; flooding
• 洪こう Hungary
• 洪積こうせき diluvial epoch
• 洪大こうだい great; immense
• 洪範こうはん great model; great example (esp. of governing the world)
• 洪恩こうおん great debt of gratitude; great obligation
• 洪牙利ハンガリー Hungary
• 洪積世こうせきせい diluvial epoch
• 洪積層こうせきそう diluvium; diluvial formation
• 大洪水だいこうずい heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge
• 洪水吐こうずいばき spillway (esp. for floodwater management)
• 洪水神話こうずいしんわ flood myth

Characters sharing the phonetic 共

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “홍”

Other hanja with radical 水