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鳳
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凤
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male phoenix

HSK 10 N1
Nature →Animals →Mythical
fèng
ホウ、フウ
봉
Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 凡 represents the sound. Originally a pictograph of a mythical Chinese bird, similar to a phoenix. Later the phonetic component 凡 was added.
Components
Traditional (鳳)
鳥 bird+ 凡 ordinary =
鳳 male phoenix
鳥 Meaning component
bird
凡 Phonetic component
fán ordinary
variant of 凡[fán]
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Simplified (凤)
又 again+ 凡 ordinary =
凤 male phoenix
又 Simplified component
yòu again
and, also, again, in addition
Shorthand for the 鳥 component in the traditional character 鳳.
凡 Phonetic component
fán ordinary
variant of 凡[fán]
View phonetic series →
Notes
Similar Characters
梟 owl (trad)鳧 duck (trad)鳩 dove (trad)鳴 twitter (trad/jp)鳶 milvus (trad)鴂 the tailor-bird鴆 a bird resembling (trad)鴇 bustard (trad)鴈 wild-goose (archaic)鴉 raven (trad)鴒 species (trad)鴔 bird (trad)鴕 ostrich (trad)鴛 male mandarin duck (trad)鴞 owl (trad)鴟 owl (trad)鴣 species (trad)鴦 female mandarin duck (trad)鴨 duck (trad)鴯 swallow (alt) (trad)
Historical Evolution
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Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
凤
Regular
Modern
Chinese
凤 / 鳳 [Fèng]
surname Feng
凤 / 鳳 [fèng]
phoenix
Japanese
大鳥 、 鳳 、 鵬 、 鴻 、 凰 おおとり 同音

noun

  1. large bird
  2. Chinese myth. peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish) (esp. 鵬)
  3. fenghuang (Chinese phoenix) (esp. 鳳 and 凰 as male and female respectively)
鳳 ほう 同音
noun rare feng (male Chinese firebird)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鳳 あげは
Ageha female given name
鳳 おおとり
Ootori place namesurname
鳳 おおどり
Oodori surname
鳳 すえお
Sueo unclassified name
鳳 すえなが
Suenaga unclassified name
鳳 すえのぶ
Suenobu unclassified name
鳳 ほう
Hou surname
鳳 ほうえん
Houen unclassified name
鳳 ほうさき
Housaki surname
鳳 ぽう
Pou given name
CHINESE WORDS (99)
凤凰 [Fèng​huáng] #5,708
Fenghuang county in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiāng​xī​Tǔ​jiā​zú​Miáo​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu]
凤尾鱼 [fèng​wěi​yú] #23,049
anchovy
龙凤 [Lóng​fèng] #34,199
Longfeng district of Daqing city 大慶|大庆[Dà​qìng], Heilongjiang
凤梨 [fèng​lí] #29,866
pineapple
凤毛麟角 [fèng​máo​lín​jiǎo] #66,921
lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom)
凤翔 [Fèng​xiáng] #36,396
Fengxiang County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡[Bǎo​jī], Shaanxi
龙凤呈祥 [lóng​fèng​chéng​xiáng] #37,103
the dragon and phoenix are symbols of good fortune (idiom)
凤阳 [Fèng​yáng] #37,670
Fengyang county in Chuzhou 滁州[Chú​zhōu], Anhui
凤山 [Fèng​shān] #37,943
Fengshan county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[Hè​zhōu], Guangxi
丹凤 [Dān​fèng] #38,807
Danfeng County in Shangluo 商洛[Shāng​luò], Shaanxi
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JAPANESE WORDS (36)
鳳凰 [ほうおう] #27,757
Chinese firebird
⭐ ほうれん草 [ほうれんそう] #33,105
spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
大鳥 [おおとり] #41,001
large bird
白鳳 [はくほう] #82,811
white Chinese phoenix
鳳仙花 [ホウセンカ] #94,171
(garden) balsam (Impatiens balsamina)
鳳雛 [ほうすう] #97,483
gifted young person who shows much promise
天和 [てんな] #98,115
Tenna era (1681.9.29-1684.2.21)
揚羽蝶 [アゲハチョウ] #115,041
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
鳳輦 [ほうれん] #126,623
imperial carriage
鳳声 [ほうせい] #155,364
verbal message
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KOREAN WORDS (1)
봉황
phoenix