濃 – concentrated, thick, dark

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The kanji 濃 means concentrated, thick, dark, undiluted. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ノウ (nou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is こ.い (koi). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ノウ	nou
Kun’yomi	こ.い	koi

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: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: ｜・衣・一・汁・辰・日・厂.

Words using 濃

濃いこいdeep (colour)濃度のうどconcentration

Example sentences

そのピアノは美しい、濃い褐色の木で作られていました。

The piano was made of beautiful, dark brown wood.

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コーヒーはどんなふうにしましょうか。濃いブラックがいいですか。

How do you like your coffee? Strong and black?

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血は水よりも濃し。

Blood is thicker than water.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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