懂中文 Dong Chinese

鸿

hóng

species of wild swan

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 江 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鴻.

Components
鸟 meaning component

鸟  Meaning component

niǎo, diǎo

  

bird

江 sound component

江  Sound component

jiāng

  

large river

Evolution

鸿 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鸿 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
鸿 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

鸿 (鴻) 

hóng

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

Most common words with 鸿
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