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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

厚: thick, heavy

Also: rich, kind, cordial, brazen, shameless

JLPT N29 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met

厂 carries the meaning · 日 and 子 are drawn in

9 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 厚意こういkindness, favor
  • 厚顔無恥こうがんむちbrazen and unscrupulous
  • 濃厚なのうこうなdense
  • 温厚なおんこうなgentle

あついatsui · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 厚いあついthick
  • 厚かましいあつかましいimpudent

Also read あか, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Ideogrammic compound (會意)厂 cliff; cave on a cliff + 𣆪 jug

According to Shuowen, 𣆪 is an inverted 亯.

Source: Wiktionary, 厚 (rev. 91428255), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Cliff (厂) + child/sun (子/日). Imagine a sun rising over a "thick," massive wall of stone, suggesting depth, substance, and a kind, heavy heart.”
From the 厂 cliff story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
厂

Also built on cliff (厂)

All 17
日

Also built on sun (日)

All 70
子

Also built on child (子)

All 12

Also read コウ

96 kanji share this on'yomiAll 96

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
厚 thick · 日 + 子
vs厘 rin · 里
厚 has 日 + 子 where 厘 has 里.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · hòu

Same form: 厚 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
厚 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
厚 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin hòu most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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