洪
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hóng · deluge, flood

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9Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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氵Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 洪

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Example sentences

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Zhè shì jǐng bào: hóng shuǐ jiù yào lái le.这是警报:洪水就要来了。

This was a warning: the floods were coming.

Source: Tatoeba #2367595 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Dī bà bǎo hù le chéng shì miǎn shòu hóng zāi.堤坝保护了城市免受洪灾。

The bank secured the city from a flood.

Source: Tatoeba #336074 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Hóng shuǐ zào chéng le hěn dà de sǔn hài.洪水造成了很大的損害。

The flood caused a lot of damage.

Source: Tatoeba #907508 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Hěn duō jiā yuán bèi hóng shuǐ chōng zǒu le.很多家園被洪水沖走了。

Many homes were washed away by the flood.

Source: Tatoeba #337305 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Rén men yīn wèi hóng shuǐ bèi shū sàn le.人们因为洪水被疏散了。

The people were evacuated because of the flood.

Source: Tatoeba #829719 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Hóng shuǐ yǒng dào le chuāng hù de gāo dù.洪水涌到了窗户的高度。

The flood water reached the level of the windows.

Source: Tatoeba #8800804 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 洪 in context

  1. Say hóng, then recall the core meaning: deluge, flood.
  2. Write all 9 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 洪水 (hóng shuǐ), meaning “deluge”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 洪 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.