Japanese symbol for “huang”
凰
おう
Romaji: ou
huang (female Chinese firebird)
In Japanese, huang is 凰, read おう (ou).
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Meanings
- n huang (female Chinese firebird)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鳳凰 | ほうおう houou | Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix |
| 鳳凰座 | ほうおうざ hououza | Phoenix (constellation) |
| 鳳凰木 | ほうおうぼく hououboku | royal poinciana (Delonix regia); flamboyant |
| 鳳凰貝 | ほうおうがい houougai | Vulsella vulsella (species of clam) |
| 鳳凰竹 | ほうおうちく hououchiku | Bambusa multiplex var. elegans (variety of hedge bamboo) |
| 鳳凰丸 | ほうおうまる hououmaru | Hōō Maru (Western-style Japanese frigate, launched in 1853) |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.