洪 hóng — vast, flood · English

洪

hóng

vast, flood

At a glance · 洪

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Evolution of the glyph

Five stages, from a sketch of the real object to regular script — tap a stage, drag the timeline, or play the animation.

Object sketchBefore writing · drawing what was seen
Oracle boneShang dynasty · c. 1300–1046 BCE
Seal scriptQin dynasty · 221–206 BCE
Clerical scriptHan dynasty · 206 BCE–220 CE
Regular scriptWei–Jin to Tang · c. 3rd–9th century CE

Object sketchBefore writing · drawing what was seenOracle boneShang dynasty · c. 1300–1046 BCESeal scriptQin dynasty · 221–206 BCEClerical scriptHan dynasty · 206 BCE–220 CERegular scriptWei–Jin to Tang · c. 3rd–9th century CE

⚠ Some ancient forms are not attested：oracle bone form。No excavated oracle bone / seal artifact is attested for this character yet; we leave it blank rather than fabricate.

洪字小篆从水共声，为形声字；本义为大水、浩大。甲骨文未见。

What the sketch shows

Shuowen Jiezi

戶工切。洚水也。从水共聲。。

— 《说文解字》

Origins & notes

洪本义为大水、洪流，引申为浩大、盛大。

Structure

形声字，左部『水』为意符，右部『共』为声符。

At a glance

Pinyinhóng

Radical氵

Strokes9

UnicodeU+6D2A

Character type形声

Theme地理

Six languages, one character

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English vast, flood Hong is a phonetic-semantic character meaning a great flood or vastness.

Français vaste, inondation Hong est un caractère phonético-sémantique signifiant une grande inondation ou l'immensité.

Español vasto, inundación Hong es un carácter fonosemántico que significa gran inundación o inmensidad.

العربية واسع، فيضان هونغ حرف صوتي دلالي يعني فيضاناً عظيماً أو الاتساع.

Русский обширный, потоп Хун — фоносемантический знак, означающий великий потоп или огромность.

Common words

洪水hóng shuǐflood
洪大hóng dàvast

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