幌
canopy, awning, hood, curtain
Readings
On'yomi
- コウ
Kun'yomi
- ほろ
- とばり
Meaning
幌 centers on a covering that hangs or stretches overhead: a canopy, awning, hood, or curtain. All meanings share the idea of a suspended fabric or screen that provides shelter or concealment.
Most common words using 幌
- 札幌さっぽろN5
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
- 幌ほろ
canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it); awning; top (of a convertible); hood
- 札幌学院大学さっぽろがくいんだいがく
Sapporo Gakuin University
- 幌別鉱ほろべつこう
horobetsuite
- 幌向苺ほろむいいちご
cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus)
- 幌満鉱ほろまんこう
horomanite
- 幌蚊帳ほろがや
tent-shaped mosquito net (often used to protect infants)
- 幌馬車ほろばしゃ
covered wagon; prairie schooner
- 札幌保健医療大学さっぽろほけんいりょうだいがく
Sapporo University of Health Sciences
- 札幌医科大学さっぽろいかだいがく
Sapporo Medical University
- 札幌国際大学さっぽろこくさいだいがく
Sapporo International University
- 札幌大学さっぽろだいがく
Sapporo University
- 札幌大谷大学さっぽろおおたにだいがく
Sapporo Otani University
- 札幌市立大学さっぽろしりつだいがく
Sapporo City University
- 札幌市電さっぽろしでん
Sapporo Streetcar
- 札幌管区気象台さっぽろかんくきしょうだい
Sapporo District Meteorological Observatory
Study
Etymology
幌 combines 巾 (cloth) with 晃, which likely contributes the sound and possibly the idea of brightness or spreading light, suggesting a cloth that spreads out like a canopy.
Meaning mnemonic
The cloth radical 巾 on the left is draped over the right side 晃, like a bright canopy spreading over a sunny area. Picture a cloth awning stretched out to create shade.
Reading mnemonic
For コウ, imagine a canopy over a court (コウ) where a king holds audience: court -> コウ, and the canopy shelters the royal space.