洪

hóng

flood

surname Hong; big; great

water (氵) + shared by all (共) = a flood that overtakes everything

共 originally meant 'together' or 'shared by all,' so water that belongs to everyone — that overflows all boundaries — becomes a flood. The image is water that refuses to be contained.

氵+共→洪
共TogetherSemantic
氵WaterSemantic

今年夏天发洪水,很多村子被淹了。

jīn nián xià tiān fā hóng shuǐ, hěn duō cūn zi bèi yān le。

This summer there were floods, and many villages were submerged.

河边的居民每年都担心洪水会冲毁他们的房子。

hé biān de jū mín měi nián dōu dān xīn hóng shuǐ huì chōng huǐ tā men de fáng zi。

The residents by the river worry every year that floodwaters will destroy their homes.

Words with 洪

洪泽湖

hóng zé hú

Hongze Lake in Jiangsu province

洪秀全

hóng xiù quán

Hong Xiuquan or Hung Hsiu-ch'üan (1814-1864), leader of the Taiping rebellion or Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

洪森

hóng sēn

Hun Sen (1952-), prime minister of Cambodia since 1985

邓亮洪

dèng liàng hóng

Tang Liang Hong (opposition candidate in Jan 1996 Singapore elections)

防洪

fáng hóng

flood control

于洪

yú hóng

see 于洪區|于洪区[Yu2 hong2 Qu1]

于洪区

yú hóng qū

Yuhong, a district of Shenyang City 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning

分洪

fēn hóng

to separate flood

宽洪

kuān hóng

magnanimous

宽洪大度

kuān hóng dà dù

magnanimous

宽洪大量

kuān hóng dà liàng

magnanimous

山洪

shān hóng

deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt

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