canopy, awning, hood, curtain
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it); awning; top (of a convertible); hood
Sapporo Gakuin University
horobetsuite
cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus)
horomanite
tent-shaped mosquito net (often used to protect infants)
covered wagon; prairie schooner
Sapporo University of Health Sciences
Sapporo Medical University
Sapporo International University
Sapporo University
Sapporo Otani University
Sapporo City University
Sapporo Streetcar
Sapporo District Meteorological Observatory