14 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 7th grade
JLPT exam level N1

overpowering, great, powerful, excelling, Australia

Kun'yomi
  • great ②very troublesome ③very
On'yomi
  • strong
Nanori
  • こう
  • すぐる
  • たけ
  • たけし
  • ひで
  • まさる

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

ゴウ 50.0%
こう 50.0%
えら 0.1%

Character Breakdown

overpowering, great, powerful
ゴウ こう えら.い (7th, N1)
tall, high, expensive
コウ たか.い た (2nd, N5)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
desert, border prairie, the 1st form is radical 13
キョウ ケイ まきがまえ
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
pig, hog, pig radical (no. 152)
 (Kentei 1)

Contained In

Common Words

extravagant
overwhelming strength
great swordsman
extremely rich person ②daifugō
grand ②great ③very
magnificent house
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References

Unicode hex code 8C6A
JIS X 0208 1-25-75
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 329
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5749
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2140
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2657
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1355
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1838
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 543
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 582
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 898
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2177
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1377
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 36406
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1271
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1671
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1786
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1775
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1730
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1277
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1719
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 549
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2j12.3
Four corner code 0023.2
De Roo Code 451