漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
紘: large
JLPT N110 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
糸 carries the meaning · 厶 is drawn in
10 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 八紘はっこうthe eight directions; the whole land
- 八紘一宇はっこういちうuniversal brotherhood
Also read おおづな, つな, つなぐ, 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
“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side紘 large · 厶
vs絵 picture · 会In ChineseSimplified 纮 · traditional, as in Japanese · hóng
Japan keeps the traditional form 紘; mainland China simplifies it to 纮.
- Simplified
- 纮 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 紘 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin hóng 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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