Kanji N2

厚: thick, heavy, rich

厚 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning thick, heavy, rich, written with 9 strokes. It is read コウ (on) and あつい, あか (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 厚い (あつい, thick) and 厚相 (こうしょう, Welfare Minister).

厚

Meanings

  • thick
  • heavy
  • rich
  • kind
  • cordial
  • brazen
  • shameless
Strokes9
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#768 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • コウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • あつい
  • あか

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 厚

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 厚いあつい

    thick; deep; heavy

    JLPT N5
  • 厚相こうしょう

    Welfare Minister

  • 厚さあつさ

    thickness

  • 厚生こうせい

    welfare; public welfare; social welfare

  • 厚生省こうせいしょう

    (former) Ministry of Health and Welfare

  • 濃厚のうこう

    rich (flavor, color, etc.); strong (e.g. odor)

  • 厚みあつみ

    thickness

  • 重厚じゅうこう

    profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.