Chinese symbol for “phoenix”
凤凰
fèng huáng
Traditional: 鳳凰
phoenix
The closest CC-CEDICT match for phoenix is 凤凰 (fèng huáng), defined as: phoenix.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “phoenix”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凤 (鳳) | fèng | phoenix |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 凤凰.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 楼凤 (樓鳳) | lóu fèng | (slang) prostitute who provides services in a private apartment |
| 龙凤 (龍鳳) | lóng fèng | dragon and phoenix |
| 凤梨 (鳳梨) | fèng lí | pineapple |
| 丹凤 (丹鳳) | dān fèng | red phoenix |
| 凤毛麟角 (鳳毛麟角) | fèng máo lín jiǎo | lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom); fig. few and far between |
| 凤凰木 (鳳凰木) | fèng huáng mù | royal poinciana (Delonix regia) |
| 凤凰男 (鳳凰男) | fèng huáng nán | (Internet slang) guy who grew up in the countryside and gained a foothold in the city through hard work |
See also: Japanese symbol for “phoenix”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.