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

male mythical bird

On'yomi
  • feng (male Chinese firebird)
  • フウ
Nanori
  • large bird ②peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish) ③fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
  • ふげ

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

おおとり 79.4%
ホウ 20.6%

Character Breakdown

male mythical bird
おおとり ホウ フウ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
キ きにょう (Kentei 1)

Common Words

feng (male Chinese firebird)
gifted young person who shows much promise
white Chinese phoenix
Chinese firebird
imperial carriage
verbal message
wing-rings (weapon)
imperial carriage
Phoenix (constellation)
gifted young person who shows much promise
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References

Unicode hex code 9CF3
JIS X 0208 1-43-17
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 662
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6937
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3749
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1914
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2601
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2142
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2268
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2233
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 46671
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2274
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2s12.1
Four corner code 7721.0