洪 (hung4 | hong2) : flood; vast

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洪

hung4

hong2

[1] flood; deluge; torrent
[2] vast; big; loud; mighty
[3] a Chinese family name

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

洪

This word has been viewed 6481 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 1st Nov 2009 13:41

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洪水 hung4 seoi2 hong2 shui3 = deluge, flood

洪都拉斯 hung4 dou1 laai1 si1 hong2 du1 la1 si1 = Honduras

洪金寶 hung4 gam1 bou2 hong2 jin1 bao3 = Sammo Hung

洪洞 hung4 dung6 hong2 dong4 = Hongdong (place in Shanxi)

洪江 hung4 gong1 hong2 jiang1 = Hongjiang (city in Hunan)

洪湖 hung4 wu4 hong2 hu2 = Honghu (city in Hubei)

洪澤 hung4 zaak6 hong2 ze2 = Hongze (place in Jiangsu)

景洪 ging2 hung4 jing3 hong2 = Jinghong (city in Yunnan)

射洪 se6 hung4 she4 hong2 = Shehong (place in Sichuan)

洪家拳 hung4 gaa1 kyun4 hong2 jia1 quan2 = Hung Gar Kung Fu , a traditional southern Kung Fu style

大洪水前 daai6 hung4 seoi2 cin4 = antediluvian (lit., "before the big flood") (common formation)

李洪志 lei5 hung4 zi3 li3 hong2 zhi4 = Li Hongzhi

洪天明 hung4 tin1 ming4 hong2 tian1 ming2 = Timmy Hung

馬特洪峰 maa5 dak6 hung4 fung1 ma3 te4 hong2 feng1 = Matterhorn, Monte Cervino, Mont Cervin

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Decimal representation of this word: 洪
Unicode code for this character: U+6d2a (off-site link)

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