11 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

female phoenix bird

Kun'yomi
  • large bird ②peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish) ③fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
On'yomi
  • コウ
  • オウ
    huang (female Chinese firebird)

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

オウ 99.8%
コウ 0.2%

Character Breakdown

female phoenix bird
オウ コウ おおとり (Kentei Pre-1)
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
キ きにょう (Kentei 1)
emperor
コウ オウ おうじ (6th, N1)
white
しろ ハク しら- (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)

Common Words

Chinese firebird
Phoenix (constellation)
huang (female Chinese firebird)
Hōō Maru (Western-style Japanese frigate, launched in 1853)
Chinese phoenix pattern
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References

Unicode hex code 51F0
JIS X 0208 1-49-64
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 660
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 439
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3738
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2595
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 1784
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2s9.1
Four corner code 7721.0