凰

凰 U+51F0, 凰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51F0 ← 凯 [U+51EF] CJK Unified Ideographs 凱 → [U+51F1]

Translingual

Han character

凰 (Kangxi radical 16, 几+9, 11 strokes, Cangjie input 竹弓竹日土 (HNHAG), four-corner 7721₀, composition ⿵𠘨皇)

Derived characters

• 𬄑, 𠁉

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 134, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1784
• Dae Jaweon: page 300, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 278, character 10
• Unihan data for U+51F0

Chinese

simp. and trad.		凰
alternative forms		皇 䳨／𬸛

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (王) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
皇	*ɡʷaːŋ
惶	*ɡʷaːŋ
遑	*ɡʷaːŋ
堭	*ɡʷaːŋ
煌	*ɡʷaːŋ
餭	*ɡʷaːŋ
騜	*ɡʷaːŋ
艎	*ɡʷaːŋ
隍	*ɡʷaːŋ
湟	*ɡʷaːŋ
徨	*ɡʷaːŋ
篁	*ɡʷaːŋ
蝗	*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs
凰	*ɡʷaːŋ
偟	*ɡʷaːŋ
媓	*ɡʷaːŋ
韹	*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ
葟	*ɡʷaːŋ
皝	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
汪	*qʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋs, *qʷaŋʔ
尪	*qʷaːŋ
迋	*kʷaŋʔ, *kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs
逛	*kʷaŋʔ
誑	*kʷaŋs, *ɡʷaŋ, *kʷaŋs
匡	*kʰʷaŋ
筐	*kʰʷaŋ
框	*kʰʷaŋ
眶	*kʰʷaŋ
誆	*kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs
邼	*kʰʷaŋ
恇	*kʰʷaŋ
劻	*kʰʷaŋ
洭	*kʰʷaŋ
軭	*kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ
狂	*ɡʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs
軖	*ɡʷaŋ
鵟	*ɡʷaŋ
俇	*ɡʷaŋʔ
王	*ɢʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs
蚟	*ɢʷaŋ
彺	*ɢʷaŋ
旺	*ɢʷaŋs
諻	*qʰʷraːŋ
喤	*qʰʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ
瑝	*ɡʷraːŋ
鍠	*ɡʷraːŋ
揘	*ɡʷaŋ

Originally 皇. A spurious 𠘨 was added by the assimilation with 鳳.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huáng (huang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fòng

  (Hailu, HRS): fong

• Eastern Min (BUC): huòng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): horng²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uang⁵ / huang⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶waon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huáng
    • Wade–Giles: huang²
    • Yale: hwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwang
    • Palladius: хуан (xuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wong⁴
    • Yale: wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: fong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fong²
    • Sinological IPA: /foŋ¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: fong
    • Sinological IPA: /foŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huoŋ⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri, Donghai)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: horng²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hó̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: horng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông
    • Tâi-lô: hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoong
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: uang⁵ / huang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uâng / huâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ⁵⁵/, /huaŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶waon
    • MiniDict: waon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhuaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuɑ̃²³/

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• Middle Chinese: hwang

Rime
Character	凰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡光切
Baxter	hwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣwɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	凰
Reading #	1/1
No.	12709
Phonetic component	王
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	黃
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷaːŋ/
Notes	爾雅作皇

Definitions

凰

1. (Chinese mythology) female fenghuang (a mythological bird)

See also

• 鳳／凤 (fèng, “male fenghuang”)

Compounds

• 求凰
• 鳳凰 / 凤凰 (fènghuáng)
• 鳳凰于飛 / 凤凰于飞
• 鳳凰來儀 / 凤凰来仪
• 鳳凰在笯 / 凤凰在笯 (fènghuáng zài nú)
• 鳳凰山 / 凤凰山 (Fènghuángshān)
• 鳳凰木 / 凤凰木 (fènghuángmù)
• 鳳凰池 / 凤凰池
• 鳳凰竹 / 凤凰竹
• 鳳凰簫 / 凤凰箫
• 鳳凰臺 / 凤凰台
• 鳳凰蛋 / 凤凰蛋
• 鳳求凰 / 凤求凰

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “凰”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 94.

Japanese

Kanji

凰

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. a female phoenix

Readings

• Go-on: おう (ō)^{←わう (wau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kun: おおとり (ōtori, 凰)^{←おほとり (ofotori, 凰, historical)}

References

• “^▲凰”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

凰 (eum 황 (hwang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

凰: Hán Nôm readings: hoàng

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