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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

渥: kindness, moisten

JLPT N112 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

氵 carries the meaning · 屋 gives the sound

12 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

アクaku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 渥地あくちmarshland
  • 優渥ゆうあくgracious; benevolent; benign
  • 渥然あくぜんglossy

Also read あつい, うるおう, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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.”
More in the 氵 water story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
氵

Also built on water (氵)

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屋

Also built on roof (屋)

渥 takes the 屋 family's reading, アク (aku).

Also read アク

2 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
渥 kindness · 氵
vs握 grip · 扌
渥 has 氵 where 握 has 扌.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · wò

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

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

Pinyin wò 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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