洪
洪: flood
flood; vast
9 strokesSecondary · Stage 3 (about 準2級)in 2 words here
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コウ
Kun—
こう, used in 洪水(こうずい) "flood": 大洪水(だいこうずい) "great flood", 洪水神話(こうずいしんわ) "flood myth".
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Key words
洪水こうずいflood
大洪水だいこうずいgreat flood
洪水神話こうずいしんわflood myth
Example sentences
大雨で川があふれ、町が洪水になった。
The river overflowed in the heavy rain and the town was flooded.
祖父は、子どものころ大洪水で家を流された話をよくする。
My grandfather often tells the story of how his house was swept away in a great flood when he was a child.
ノアの箱舟のように、世界各地に洪水神話が残っている。
Like Noah's Ark, flood myths survive in many parts of the world.