Onyomi: ノウ · Kunyomi: こ.い · Meanings: concentrated, dark, thick, undiluted
Kanji for concentrated, dark, thick, undiluted
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濃 is made from the water radical 氵 and the character 農. When many substances mix into water, the liquid becomes thick and strong. This idea of water filled with content came to mean dense, thick, or concentrated.
濃 means liquid that is thick and full.
Imagine dark, thick soup ????, so full of flavor that it almost feels heavy. That strong, thick liquid is 濃.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 濃 | のう | dark (color) | Prefix |
| 濃い | こい | deep (colour), dark | common JLPT-N3 I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 濃度 | のうど | concentration, density | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 濃厚 | のうこう | rich (flavor, color, etc.), strong (e.g. odor), heavy, thick (soup, makeup, etc.), dense | common Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 濃霧 | のうむ | heavy fog, dense fog, thick fog | Noun |
| 濃紺 | のうこん | dark blue | Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 細やか | こまやか | tender, warm, caring, thoughtful | JLPT-N1 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 濃淡 | のうたん | light and shade, shade (of colour, color) | common Noun |
| 濃縮 | のうしゅく | concentration (e.g. of a solution), enrichment, condensation | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 濃密 | のうみつ | dense, thick, rich (flavour, colour, etc.), deep, strong (smell), heavy, detailed (description), close (relationship), intimate | Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |