Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife

豪: overpowering, great

Also: powerful, excelling, Australia

JLPT N114 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

豕 carries the meaning · 高 gives the sound

14 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ゴウgou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 豪華ごうか
  • 強豪きょうごうoverwhelming strength
  • 豪快ごうかいhearty; tremendous; magnificent
  • 豪雨ごううtorrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst
  • 富豪ふごう
  • 集中豪雨しゅうちゅうごううlocal downpour; severe rain fall

Also read えらい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Oink! This radical is all about the sturdy, valuable animals that have lived alongside humans for thousands of years.”
More in the 豕 pig story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
高

Also built on high (高)

All 2

豪 takes the 高 family's reading, コウ (kou).

豕

Also built on pig (豕)

All 9

Also read ゴウ

12 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
豪 overpowering · 高 + 豕
vs塚 hillock · 土 + 冢
豪 has 高 + 豕 where 塚 has 土 + 冢.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · háo

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

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

Pinyin háo 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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