洪

hóng
#1,348 most
frequent character
flood, big, great

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

洪 hóng uses 氵 water as the meaning part and 共 gòng as a sound part. It first meant 'flood'. From there it grew to 'great, vast'.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

洪Hong2
surname Hong

Homophones

HSK 2
红hóng
bonus, popular, red, revolutionary
宏hóng
great, magnificent, macro (computing)
鸿hóng
eastern bean goose, great, large

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