noun

  1. heavy flooding, disastrous flood, deluge.
  2. great flood (sent by a deity), flood myth.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
大洪水 だいこうずい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
deluge, flood, vast
コウ ほん (9th, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
together, both, neither
とも キョウ (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
water
みず スイ み (1st, N5)