19 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

phoenix

Kun'yomi
  • large bird ②peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish) ③fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
On'yomi
  • peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish)

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

おおとり 100.0%

Character Breakdown

phoenix
おおとり ホウ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
companion, friend
ホウ とも (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
bird, chicken
とり チョウ とっ (2nd, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ

References

Unicode hex code 9D6C
JIS X 0208 1-43-18
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3831
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6979
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1416
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 752
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1021
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2829
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2844
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2795
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 47005
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2276
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4b15.1
Four corner code 7722.7