厚 – thick, heavy, rich

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The kanji 厚 means thick, heavy, rich, kind, cordial, brazen, shameless. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あつ.い、あか (atsui, aka). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 厂 (no. 27).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	あつ.い	atsui
Kun’yomi	あか	aka

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 厂 (Kangxi radical 27). Components: 子・日・厂.

Words using 厚

厚いあついthick厚かましいあつかましいimpudent

Example sentences

氷は２インチの厚さだ。

The ice is two inches thick.

Tatoeba #85389

ご好意に対し厚くお礼を申し上げます。

I'm deeply grateful for your kindness.

Tatoeba #217164

Kanji with the same radical

原厳厄

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