鳳凰

Chinese

		male Chinese phoenix	female Chinese phoenix
trad. (鳳凰)		鳳	凰
simp. (凤凰)		凤	凰
anagram		凰鳳／凰凤

Etymology

Miyake (2015) reconstructed Old Chinese pronunciation *N-prəm-s ɢʷˁɑŋ and proposed, though with uncertainty, that the fabulous bird's name is the affixed form of 風皇 (“wind sovereign”).

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 鳳凰

1. (Chinese mythology) fenghuang; the "Chinese phoenix"

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 凰鳳／凰凤

Proper noun

1. (～縣) Fenghuang (a county of Xiangxi prefecture, Hunan, China)
2. (～街道) Fenghuang (a subdistrict of Echeng district, Ezhou, Hubei, China)
3. (～鎮) Fenghuang (a town in Xinzhou district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
4. (～鎮) Fenghuang (a town in Wuxi, Chongqing, China)
5. (～村) Fenghuang (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鳳凰):

• → Japanese: 鳳(ほう)凰(おう) (hōō)
• → Korean: 봉황(鳳凰) (bonghwang)
• → Vietnamese: phượng hoàng (鳳凰)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
鳳	凰
ほう Jinmeiyō	おう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 鳳皇

Etymology

/houwau/ → /hoːwɔː/ → /hoːɔː/ → /hoːoː/

Borrowing from Chinese 鳳凰／凤凰 (fènghuáng, literally “male fire-bird + female fire-bird”), date of borrowing unknown.

Noun

鳳(ほう)凰(おう) • (hōō) ^{←ほうわう (fowau)?}

1. (Chinese mythology) fenghuang: a fabled Chinese fire-bird

   Synonyms: 大鳥 (ōtori), 鳳鳥 (hōchō)

2. a style of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with a stylized fenghuang

   Hyponyms: 鳳凰丸 (hōō-maru), 桐に鳳凰 (kiri ni hōō)

3. (shogi) phoenix: a piece in 中将棋 (chū-shōgi) and larger shogi variants

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 鳳(ホウ)凰(オウ)貝(ガイ) (hōōgai)
• ほうおう座(ざ), 鳳(ほう)凰(おう)座(ざ) (Hōōza)
• 鳳(ほう)凰(おう)三(さん)山(ざん) (Hōō Sanzan)
• 鳳(ホウ)凰(オウ)雀(ジャク) (hōōjaku)
• 鳳(ホウ)凰(オウ)沙(シャ)参(ジン) (hōō shajin)
• 鳳(ホウ)凰(オウ)杉(スギ) (hōō sugi)
• 鳳(ホウ)凰(オウ)草(ソウ) (hōōsō)
• 鳳(ホウ)凰(オウ)竹(チク) (hōōchiku)
• 鳳(ほう)凰(おう)堂(どう) (Hōōdō)
• 鳳(ほう)凰(おう)の舞(まい) (hōō no mai)
• 鳳(ホウ)凰(オウ)木(ボク) (hōōboku)
• 鳳(ほう)凰(おう)丸(まる) (hōō-maru)
• 鳳(ほう)凰(おう)文(もん) (hōō mon)
• 桐(きり)に鳳(ほう)凰(おう) (kiri ni hōō)
• 朝(ちょう)陽(よう)鳳(ほう)凰(おう) (chōyō hōō)
• 瑠(ル)璃(リ)鳳(ホウ)凰(オウ) (ruri hōō)

See also

See also

• 鳳(ほう)眼(がん) (hōgan)
• 鳳(ほう)尾(び) (hōbi)
• 瑞(ずい)鳥(ちょう) (zuichō)
• 朱(す)雀(ざく) (Suzaku, “Vermilion Bird”)
• 鵬(ほう) (hō, “peng”)
• フェニックス (fenikkusu, “phoenix”)
• 霊(れい)鳥(ちょう) (reichō)

Proper noun

鳳(ほう)凰(おう) • (Hōō) ^{←ほうわう (fowau)?}

1. a type of incense
2. a place name
3. a female given name

Derived terms

• 鳳(ほう)凰(おう)山(さん) (Hōō-san)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
鳳	凰

Noun

鳳凰 • (bonghwang) (hangeul 봉황)

1. Hanja form^? of 봉황 (“fenghuang”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
鳳	凰

Verb

鳳凰

1. chữ Hán form of phượng hoàng (“phoenix”).