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厚 — thick, heavy, rich

あつい厚 thick

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 9 strokes size

U+539A Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #768 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #132 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

thick
heavy
rich
kind
cordial
brazen
shameless

word

あつ atsu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

厚(あつ) い atsui thick 厚(あつ) atsu thick 分(ぶ) 厚(あつ) い buatsui bulky 厚(あつ) み atsumi thickness

こう kou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

厚(こう) 生(せい) kousei welfare 厚(こう) 生(せい) 省(しょう) kouseishou Ministry of Health and Welfare 重(じゅう) 厚(こう) juukou profound 濃(のう) 厚(こう) noukou rich

Appears in idioms

厚顔無恥四字熟語

thick, face, nothingness, shame

Stroke order

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Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

厂 cliff

ひ日 sun #72

こ子 child #39

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.