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Snakes Harbor Harbour Deluge Noah Ark 港 コウ

Kanji
Onyomi コウ
Kunyomi みなと
English harbor
Examples 空港(くうこう): airport
港(みなと): harbour; harbor; port
港(こう): harbour
JLPT Level 3
Jouyou Grade 3
Frequency 495
Components 水: water
巷: fork in road; scene; arena; theater
Number of Strokes 12
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 85
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading みず・したみず・さんずい
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword harbor
Koohii Story 1 During a deluge, all the poor snakes get washed into the harbour.
Koohii Story 2 All throughout the deluge Noah had been kicking himself for forgetting to bring any snakes onto the Ark. It wasn´t until the deluge had finished, and Noah had brought the Ark safely back to the harbour that he realised that the snakes had been under the Ark all along.

Tags: jlpt.n3, grade3, kanjifreq251-500, kanji_structure.town.building

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