鴻 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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hóng

species of wild swan

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

Components

鳥 Meaning component

niǎo, diǎo

bird

江 Sound component

jiāng

large river

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

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

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[g]ˤoŋ	huwng	hóng	kind of wild goose

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

1924th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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