鴻 — hong

Parts that make up 鴻

How 鴻 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 鴻 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 江, 鳥.

Korean example words with 鴻

• 홍호鴻號 Korean gloss: 널리 알려진 이름. 또는 임금의 이름
• 홍덕鴻德 Korean gloss: 넓고 큰 덕. 또는 그런 덕을 가진 사람
• 홍모鴻毛 Korean gloss: 기러기의 털이라는 뜻으로, 매우 가벼운 사물을 이르는 말
• 홍곡鴻鵠 Korean gloss: 큰 기러기와 고니라는 뜻으로, 포부가 원대하고 큰 인물을 이르는 말
• 홍명鴻溟 Korean gloss: 큰 바다.
• 홍모鴻謨 Korean gloss: 큰 계획.
• 홍보鴻寶 Korean gloss: 큰 보물.
• 홍연鴻淵 Korean gloss: 큰 연못.
• 홍유鴻猷 Korean gloss: 큰 계략.
• 홍적鴻積 Korean gloss: 큰 사업.
• 홍희鴻禧 Korean gloss: 큰 복력.
• 홍공鴻功 Korean gloss: 크나큰 공로.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 鴻

• 鴻ひしくい bean goose (Anser fabalis)
• 鴻基こうき foundation of a great project; base of a great enterprise
• 鴻業こうぎょう glorious achievement
• 鴻毛こうもう something extremely light; feather of a large bird
• 鴻雁こうがん wild geese; large geese and small geese
• 鴻鵠こうこく large bird; great person; magnanimous person
• 鴻蒙ホンモン HarmonyOS (Huawei)
• 鴻臚館こうろかん mansion used by foreign visitors to Japan (Nara to Heian period)
• 燕雀鴻鵠えんじゃくこうこく how can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix); only a hero can understand a hero
• 雪泥鴻爪せつでいのこうそう ephemeral nature of human deeds and events; evanescence of human affairs; leaving no trace
• 燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんやえんじゃくいずくんぞこうこくのこころざしをしらんや only a hero can understand a hero; swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans

Characters sharing the phonetic 江

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “홍”

Other hanja with radical 鳥