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鴻

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See also: 鸿
鴻 U+9D3B, 鴻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9D3B
← 鴺
[U+9D3A]
CJK Unified Ideographs 鴼 →
[U+9D3C]

Translingual

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Han character

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鴻 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+6, 17 strokes, Cangjie input 水一竹火 (EMHF) or 難水一竹火 (XEMHF), four-corner 37127, composition ⿰江鳥 or ⿰氵䲨)

  1. species of wild swan
  2. vast

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1488, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46874
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2019, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4632, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+9D3B

Chinese

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trad. 鴻
simp. 鸿
alternative forms 𨾊
䲨/𬷾
𩾯/⿰氵鸟
𪀤
𪅯

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡoːŋ, *ɡoːŋʔ): phonetic 江 (OC *kroːŋ) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 鴻 鴻
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 東 (1) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 戸公切 胡孔切
Baxter huwng huwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦuŋ/ /ɦuŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦuŋ/ /ɦuŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuŋ/ /ɣuŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦəwŋ/ /ɦəwŋX/
Li
Rong
/ɣuŋ/ /ɣuŋX/
Wang
Li
/ɣuŋ/ /ɣuŋX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣuŋ/ /ɣuŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
hóng hòng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hung4 hung6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 鴻
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
hóng
Middle
Chinese
‹ huwng ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɡ]ˁoŋ/
English kind of wild goose

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鴻 鴻
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 4061 4062
Phonetic
component
工 工
Rime
group
東 東
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
洪 澒
Old
Chinese
/*ɡoːŋ/ /*ɡoːŋʔ/

Definitions

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鴻

  1. (literary) swan
  2. (literary) swan goose
  3. (literary, figuratively) letter; epistle; written message
  4. (literary) of great size; big; large; huge
  5. (literary) strong; powerful; energetic

Synonyms

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  • (letter):
  • (of great size): 大 (dà)
  • (strong): 強/强 (qiáng)

Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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鴻

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. a large bird
  2. a wild goose
  3. large, great
  4. powerful
  5. prosperous

Readings

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
鴻
ひしくい
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 鴻 – see the following entry.
【菱食ひしくい】
[noun] taiga bean goose (Anser fabalis)
Alternative spelling
ヒシクイ
(This term, 鴻, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
鴻
おおとり
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 鴻 – 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.)
Alternative spellings
大鳥, 鵬, 鳳
(This term, 鴻, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja

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鴻 (eum 홍 (hong))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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鴻: Hán Nôm readings: hồng

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