洪
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flood; big; great
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 水 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 洪
- Common rank
- #1,189
- Unicode
- U+6D2A
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Formation & memory
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How 洪 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
All 共 the water 氵; 共 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
deluge · Heisig RSH #2763
水 water + 共 together
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 洪
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 洪江管理区 | Hongjiang Management District, a district of Huaihua City 懷化市|怀化市[Huai2 hua4 Shi4], Hunan | |
| 洪山区 | Hongshan, a district of Wuhan City 武漢市|武汉市[Wu3 han4 Shi4], Hubei | |
| 洪江市 | Hongjiang, a county-level city in Huaihua City 懷化市|怀化市[Huai2 hua4 Shi4], Hunan | |
| 洪都拉斯 | Honduras | |
| 洪水期 | flood season | |
| 王洪文 | Wang Hongwen (1935-1992), one of the Gang of Four | |
| 射洪市 | Shehong, a county-level city in Suining City 遂寧市|遂宁市[Sui4 ning2 Shi4], Sichuan | |
| 于洪区 | Yuhong, a district of Shenyang City 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning | |
| 洪湖市 | Honghu, a county-level city in Jingzhou City 荊州市|荆州市[Jing1 zhou1 Shi4], Hubei | |
| 洪雅县 | Hongya, a county in Meishan City 眉山市[Mei2 shan1 Shi4], Sichuan | |
| 洪福齐天 | flood of good fortune fills the heavens (idiom); a lucky sign | |
| 宽洪大度 | magnanimous; generous; broad-minded | |
| 宽洪大量 | magnanimous; generous; broad-minded | |
| 山洪 | deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt | |
| 洪山 | see 洪山區|洪山区[Hong2 shan1 Qu1] | |
| 洪水 | deluge; flood | |
| 洪雅族 | Hoanya, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan | |
| 洪家 | the Hong family (household); Hung Gar Kung Fu - Martial Art | |
| 分洪 | to separate flood; flood defense | |
| 洪门 | see 天地會|天地会[Tian1 di4 hui4] |