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豪 — Overpowering

JLPT N114 strokesSecondary school#1104 most used
overpowering, great, powerful, excelling, Australia
On’yomiゴウ (gou)
Kun’yomiえら (erai)

Stroke order (14 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 豪

WordReadingMeaning
豪華ごうか
gouka
extravagant; lavish; opulent
強豪きょうごう
kyougou
overwhelming strength; extremely strong person; powerhouse
豪快ごうかい
goukai
hearty; tremendous; magnificent
豪雨ごうう
gouu
torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst
富豪ふごう
fugou
wealthy person; millionaire
集中豪雨しゅうちゅうごうう
shuuchuugouu
local downpour; severe rain fall

Study notes

豪 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1104 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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