Kanji

滂

Meaning

flowing and vast

Readings

On'yomi

  • ほう はい as the sound of surging water
  • ぼう だ streaming (of tears)
  • らくるい ぼう だ tears streaming down one's cheeks

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/13

Component Analysis

滂
flowing, vast
ホウ, ボウ
氵
( 水 ) water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
旁
RHS of character, at same time
つくり, かたがた, ボウ
冖
( CDP-8BEC ) wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ
丷
( CDP-8BAE )
亠
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ
丷
( 八 )
丶
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
冖
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ
方
direction, person, alternative
かた, -かた, ホウ
亠
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ

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