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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.
RTK Index 1800

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

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