鳳

See also: 凤 and 鳯

鳳	U+9CF3, 鳳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9CF3

← 鳲
[U+9CF2]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鳴 →
[U+9CF4]

Translingual[edit]

See images of 鳳
(radical 196 + 3)

Han character[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

trad.		鳳
simp.		凤
alternative forms		鳯凤风

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 鳳
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Ancient script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
嵐	*b·ruːm
葻	*b·uːm
釩	*pʰomʔ
汎	pʰoms, bum
凡	*bom
帆	bom, boms
颿	bom, boms
軓	*bomʔ
梵	bloms, bum
芃	boːŋ, bum
風	plum, plums
飌	*plum
楓	*plum
猦	*plum
偑	*plum
檒	*plum
瘋	*plum
諷	*plums
堸	*blum
渢	*blum
鳳	*bums

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

In the oracle bone script, the script of 鳳 (OC *bums) was often phonetically borrowed to represent 風 (OC *plum, *plums, “wind”). Subsequent forms of the script of 風 were also derived from parts of the bronze inscription of 鳳.

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fèng (feng⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fung⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fung

(Meixian, Guangdong): fung⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): feng³
Min Bei (KCR): hō̤ng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hōng

(Teochew, Peng'im): hong⁶
Wu (Wiktionary): von (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenq
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fòng
  - Wade–Giles: fêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fung⁶
  - Yale: fuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fung
  - Hakka Romanization System: fung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fung⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fuŋ⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fung⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fʊŋ⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: feng³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /fə̃ŋ⁴⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hō̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɔŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōng
  - Tâi-lô: hōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hong⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hoŋ³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: von (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /v̥ʊŋ²³/

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	/bɨuŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/biuŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/biuŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buwŋ^H/
Li Rong	/biuŋ^H/
Wang Li	/bĭuŋ^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fung⁶

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/

Definitions[edit]

鳳

(Chinese mythology) male fenghuang (a mythological bird)
a surname.

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 鳳

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (鳳):

→ Japanese: 鳳(ほう) (hō)
→ Korean: 봉 (鳳, bong)
→ Vietnamese: phụng (鳳), phượng (鳳)

Others:

→ Zhuang: fungh

References[edit]

“鳳”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

鳳

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

feng (male fire-bird) or other fabled bird
person of excellence
imperial
expression of respect

Readings[edit]

Go-on: ぶ (bu); ぶう (bū); ふう (fū)
Kan-on: ほう (hō)^{←ほう (fou, historical)}
Kun: おおとり (ōtori, 鳳)^{←おほとり (ofotori, historical)}
Nanori: あげは (ageha); たか (taka)

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

鳳(ほう)凰(おう) (hōō, “phoenix”)
鳳(ほう)駕(が) (hōga)
鳳(ほう)閣(かく) (hōkaku)
鳳(ほう)眼(がん) (hōgan)
鳳(ほう)管(かん) (hōkan)
鳳(ほう)鏡(きょう) (hōkyō)
鳳(ほう)闕(けつ) (hōketsu)
鳳(ホウ)五(ゴ)郎(ロウ) (hōgorō)
鳳(ほう)字(じ) (hōji)
鳳(ほう)児(じ) (hōji)
鳳(ホウ)雀(ジャ)蛾(ク) (hōjaku)
鳳(ほう)城(じょう) (hōjō)
鳳(ほう)詔(しょう) (hōshō)
鳳(ほう)雛(すう) (hōsū, “phoenix chick”)
鳳(ほう)声(せい) (hōsei, “phoenix's call or cry; honorific epithet for someone's announcement or declaration”)
鳳(ホウ)仙(セン)花(カ) (hōsenka): Impatiens balsamina: garden balsam, touch-me-not
鳳(ほう)池(ち) (hōchi)
鳳(ほう)鳥(ちょう) (hōchō)
鳳(ほう)尾(び) (hōbi)
鳳(ほう)輿(よ) (hōyo)
鳳(ほう)来(らい) (Hōrai)
鳳(ほう)梨(り) (hōri, “pineapple”)
鳳(ほう)暦(れき) (hōreki)
鳳(ほう)輦(れん) (hōren): a kind of fancy sedan chair
鳳(ホウ)蓮(レン)草(ソウ) (hōrensō)
鳳(ほう)楼(ろう) (hōrō)
夔(きほ)鳳(う)鏡(きょう) (kihoukyō)
夔(きほ)鳳(う)文(もん) (Kihoumon)
瑞(ずい)鳳(ほう) (Zuihō)
白(はく)鳳(ほう) (hakuhō)
金(キン)鳳(ポウ)花(ゲ) (kinpōge)
附(ふ)鳳(ほう) (fuhō)
鸞(らん)鳳(ほう) (ranhō), 鸞(らん)鳳(ぽう) (ranpō)
竜(りゅう)鳳(ほう) (ryūhō), 竜(りょう)鳳(ほう) (ryōhō)
鳳(アゲハ)蝶(チョウ) (agehachō)
鳳梨(パイナップル) (painappuru)
白(パイ)鳳(フォン) (paifon)

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
鳳
ほう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 鳳 (MC bɨuŋ^H).

Pronunciation[edit]

On’yomi: Kan’on

(Tokyo) ほー [hóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ː]

Noun[edit]

鳳(ほう) • (hō)

(Chinese mythology) feng: a fabled male fire-bird, thought to be a manifestation of a saint
Antonym: 凰 (ō, kō)

Derived terms[edit]

鳳(ほう)笙(しょう) (hōshō)

Proper noun[edit]

鳳(ほう) • (Hō)

a surname

Etymology 2[edit]

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

For pronunciation and definitions of 鳳 – see the following entry.

【おおとり】

[noun] any large bird (crane, stork, swan, etc.)

[noun] any majestic bird of legend (peng, fenghuang, phoenix, roc, etc.)

[proper noun] 鳳: a surname

Alternative spellings
大鳥, 鵬, 鳳, 鴻

(This term, 鳳, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References[edit]

^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

鳳: Hán Nôm readings: phượng, phụng

phoenix
Mohur tree

[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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鳳

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Han character[edit]

References[edit]

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

See also[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

References[edit]

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