漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
濃: concentrated, thick
Also: dark, undiluted
JLPT N216 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 農 gives the sound
16 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ノウnou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 濃度のうどconcentration, brightness
- 濃霧のうむheavy fog
- 濃紺のうこんdark blue
- 濃淡のうたんlight and shade, chiaroscuro
- 濃密なのうみつなthick, crowded
- 濃厚なのうこうなdense, rich, concentrated
- 濃縮するのうしゅくするconcentrate
こいkoi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 濃いこいthick, dense, strong
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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
Also read ノウ
5 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified 浓 · traditional, as in Japanese · nóng
Japan keeps the traditional form 濃; mainland China simplifies it to 浓.
- Simplified
- 浓 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 濃 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin nóng 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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