鳳

See also: 凤 and 鳯

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *bums): 凡 + 鳥 ‎(“bird”).

Graphically, the stroke inside the enclosure has merged with 鳥; compare similar development in 風 (from 虫).

Han character

鳳 (radical 196 鳥+3, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓一日火 (HNMAF), four-corner 7721₀, composition ⿵𠘨𩾏)

1. male phoenix
2. symbol of joy

See also

• 凰
• 鵬

References

• KangXi: page 1482, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46671
• Dae Jaweon: page 2014, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4616, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9CF3

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Chinese

trad.		鳳
simp.		凤

Alternative forms

• 鳯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèng (feng⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: fèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˋ
    • Wade-Giles: fêng⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenq
    • IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung⁶
    • Yale: fuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /bɨuŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	鳳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	馮貢切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨuŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/biuŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/biuŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buwŋH/
Li Rong	/biuŋH/
Wang Li	/bĭuŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fèng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*bums/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鳳
Reading #	1/1
No.	2935
Phonetic component	凡
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	鳳
Old Chinese	/*bums/

Noun

鳳

1. male phoenix

Compounds

• 鳳凰／凤凰 (fènghuáng, “phoenix”)

See also

• 凰 (huáng, “female phoenix”)

Proper noun

鳳

1. A surname​.

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Japanese

Kanji

鳳

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. a male phoenix

Readings

• Goon: ふう (fū)
• Kan’on: ほう (hō)
• Nanori: おおとり (ōtori), ふげ (fuge)

Compounds

Compounds

鳳凰 (ほうおう) ‎(hōō): a phoenix 鳳雛 (ほうすう) ‎(hōsū): a phoenix chick (young bird) 鳳声 (ほうせい) ‎(hōsei): a phoenix's call or cry; an honorific epithet for someone's announcement or declaration 鳳仙花 (ほうせんか) ‎(hōsenka): Impatiens balsamina: garden balsam, touch-me-not 鳳輦 (ほうれん) ‎(hōren): a kind of fancy sedan chair 鳳梨 (ほうり) ‎(hōri): a pineapple

Kanji in this term
鳳
おおとり Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Proper noun

鳳 ‎(hiragana おおとり, romaji Ōtori)

1. A Japanese surname​.

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Korean

Hanja

鳳 • ‎(bong) (hangeul 봉, revised bong, McCune-Reischauer pong, Yale pong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鳳 (phượng, phụng)

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