Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

浩: wide expanse, abundance

Also: vigorous

JLPT N110 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

氵 carries the meaning · 告 is drawn in

10 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 浩然こうぜんbroadminded; magnanimous
  • 浩然の気こうぜんのきuniversal life force
  • 浩然の気を養うこうぜんのきをやしなうto enliven one's spirit; to refresh oneself

Also read おおきい, ひろい, with no example words in our sources. 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
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
浩 wide expanse · 氵
vs造 create · ⻌
浩 has 氵 where 造 has ⻌.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · hào

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

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

Pinyin hào 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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