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鴻
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鸿
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swan

HSK 10 N1
Nature →Animals →Birds
hóng
コウ、ゴウ
おおとり、ひしくい、おおがり
홍
Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 江 represents the sound.
Components
鳥 bird+ 江 Yangtze =
鴻 swan
鳥 Meaning component
bird
江 Phonetic component
jiāng Yangtze
large river
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Notes
Similar Characters
梟 owl (trad)鳧 duck (trad)鳩 dove (trad)鳳 male phoenix (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)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鴻
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鸿 / 鴻 [hóng]
eastern bean goose; great; large
Japanese
鴻 、 菱食 ひしくい 、 ヒシクイ 同音
noun usually kana bean goose (Anser fabalis)
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)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鴻 おおとり
Ootori surname
鴻 おおどり
Oodori surname
鴻 こう
Kō female given namesurname
鴻 こうざき
Kōzaki surname
鴻 こうのいけ
Kōnoike unclassified name
鴻 つよし
Tsuyoshi unclassified name
鴻 ひとし
Hitoshi male given name
鴻 ひろ
Hiro female given name
鴻 ひろし
Hiroshi given name
鴻 びしゃこ
Bishako surname
鴻 びしゃご
Bishago surname
鴻 びしやご
Bishiyago surname
CHINESE WORDS (34)
鸿沟 [hóng​gōu] #30,085
(fig.) gulf
鸿运 [hóng​yùn] #38,367
variant of 紅運|红运[hóng​yùn]
鸿门宴 [Hóng​mén​Yàn] #61,264
Feast at Hongmen
黄飞鸿 [Huáng​Fēi​hóng] #49,245
Wong Fei Hung (1847-1924), famous martial artist and revolutionary
李鸿章 [Lǐ​Hóng​zhāng] #20,441
Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
徐悲鸿 [Xú​Bēi​hóng] #31,993
Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European trained painter and influential art teacher
惊鸿 [jīng​hóng] #33,436
graceful (esp. of female posture)
鸿雁 [hóng​yàn] #41,919
(bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides)
辜鸿铭 [Gū​Hóng​míng] #44,374
Ku Hung-ming or Gu Hongming (1857-1928), Malaysian man of letters, highly regarded for his literary works written mostly in English, and known for his monarchist views
鸿福 [hóng​fú] #47,417
variant of 洪福[hóng​fú]
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JAPANESE WORDS (17)
大鳥 [おおとり] #41,001
large bird
鴻毛 [こうもう] #137,037
something extremely light
鴻鵠 [こうこく] #144,156
large bird
洪恩 [こうおん] #152,277
great debt of gratitude
鴻雁 [こうがん] #182,484
wild geese
洪大 [こうだい] #185,584
great
鴻業 [こうぎょう] #206,650
glorious achievement
燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんや [えんじゃくいずくんぞこうこくのこころざしをしらんや] #218,926
only a hero can understand a hero
洪範 [こうはん] #246,423
great model
鴻基 [こうき] #246,666
foundation of a great project
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