洪 hóng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 共 all, total
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
洪水
hóngshuǐ
flood
Characters in this word
水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 连续暴雨引发的洪水淹没了低洼地区，迫使数千户居民转移。 Liánxù bàoyǔ yǐnfā de hóngshuǐ yānmò le dīwā dìqū, pòshǐ shùqiān hù jūmín zhuǎnyí. The flood caused by continuous heavy rain submerged low-lying areas, forcing thousands of households to relocate.
- 河水上涨，村里的人担心洪水会冲走他们的房子。 Héshuǐ shàngzhǎng, cūn lǐ de rén dānxīn hóngshuǐ huì chōngzǒu tāmen de fángzi. The river is rising, and the villagers worry that a flood will sweep away their houses.
- 去年夏天那场洪水过后，大家一起清理了街道。 Qùnián xiàtiān nà chǎng hóngshuǐ guòhòu, dàjiā yìqǐ qīnglǐ le jiēdào. After the flood last summer, everyone cleaned up the streets together.