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Kanji Detail for 浩 - "vast"

浩

  • Meaning

    浩 means "vast." Also associated with greatly, to be proud.

    1. Vast - Wide; large; abundant; expansive.

    2. Greatly - Grandly; magnificently.

    3. To be proud - To be arrogant.

  • Tattoo check: 浩

    • Verified meaning: vast
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いさむ, おおい, きよし, こう)
    • Also carries these associations: greatly, to be proud

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 浩

    Given names 浩(いさむ)Listen 浩(おおい)Listen 浩(こう)Listen 浩(ごう)Listen 浩(こうじ)Listen 浩(ひろ)Listen 浩(ひろし)Listen 浩(ゆたか)Listen

    Surnames 浩(きよし)Listen 浩(ごうじ)Listen 浩(こうしょう)Listen 浩(こうそう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    wide expanse; abundance; vigorous

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    great, numerous, vast, abundant

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    grand; vast (water)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    great, grand, vast

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    浩浩 (Hao-hao). The appearance of great waters. The Book of Documents says: "Vast, vast, reaching to heaven" (浩浩滔天). | 浩然 (Hao-jan). Like great water flowing abundantly, going forward without returning. Mencius says: "I am good at cultivating my flood-like vital energy" (我善養吾浩然之氣). Also: "Then I felt vastly determined to return" (吾然後浩然有歸志). | Numerous. As in 浩繁 (vast and numerous), 浩博 (extensive).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    koh(コウ) コウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hiro.i(ひろ-い) ひろ-い

    oo.kii(おお-きい) おお-きい

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    vast greatly to be proud abundant grand wide spacious boundless broad enormous expansive extensive immense magnificent massive boastful ocean

Sentences including 浩

  • The man talking with our boss is Hiroshi.

  • Koji was caught in a shower on his way home.

  • Hiroki was at a loss what to do.

  • Koji was caught in a shower on his way home.

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