漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
洸: sparkling water
JLPT N19 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 光 is drawn in
9 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 洸洸こうこうvaliant; brave; surge (of water)
- 洸洋こうようunfathomable; great expanse of water
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
光
Also built on ray (光)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side洸 sparkling water · 氵
vs晃 clear · 日In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · guāng
Same form: 洸 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 洸 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 洸 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin guāng 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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