洪 hóng deluge
deluge; flood; immense; vast
How to remember 洪: 氵 water + 共 collectively = deluge. When the river water reaches the village, the neighbours collectively fill sandbags through the night to hold back the deluge.
Component breakdown
洪 = 氵 water + 共 collectively
- 氵 water
- 共 collectively
- 龷 bacon rashers
- 八 eight
When the river water reaches the village, the neighbours collectively fill sandbags through the night to hold back the deluge.
How it is used
- Flood, and by extension vast/immense - 洪水 (hóngshuǐ) a flood, 抗洪 (kànghóng) flood-fighting.
- Sense of huge/mighty: 洪亮 (hóngliàng) loud and resonant (of a voice), 洪流 a mighty torrent/tide.
- 防洪 (fánghóng) = flood prevention.
- Also a surname (洪).