鴻 — kanji meaning “large bird”
鴻
large bird, wild goose, large, great, powerful, prosperous
- Meanings
- large bird, wild goose, large, great, powerful, prosperous
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)、ゴウ (gou)
- Kun'yomi
- おおとり、ひしくい、おおがり
- Strokes
- 17
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2111 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 196
- Chinese reading
- hóng — Chinese character page
Words with 鴻
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鴻鵠 | こうこく koukoku | large bird |
| 燕雀鴻鵠 | えんじゃくこうこく enjakukoukoku | how can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix); only a hero can understand a hero |
| 鴻基 | こうき kouki | foundation of a great project; base of a great enterprise |
| 鴻業 | こうぎょう kougyou | glorious achievement |
| 鴻毛 | こうもう koumou | something extremely light |
| 鴻雁 | こうがん kougan | wild geese; large geese and small geese |
| 鴻臚館 | こうろかん kourokan | mansion used by foreign visitors to Japan (Nara to Heian period) |
| 雪泥鴻爪 | せつでいのこうそう setsudeinokousou | ephemeral nature of human deeds and events; evanescence of human affairs; leaving no trace |
| 鴻蒙 | ホンモン honmon | HarmonyOS (Huawei) |
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