懂中文 Dong Chinese

鴻

hóng

species of wild swan

Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 江 represents the sound.

Components
鳥 meaning component

鳥  Meaning component

niǎo, diǎo

  

bird

江 sound component

江  Sound component

jiāng

  

large river

Evolution

鴻 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
鴻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鴻 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

鸿 (鴻) 

hóng

species of wild swan; vast; eastern bean goose; great; large

Most common words with 鴻
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鸿

great

鸿沟

chasm

鸿运

good luck

鸿门宴

Feast at Hongmen

黄飞鸿

Wong Fei Hung (1847-1924), famous martial artist and revolutionary