鴻

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

large bird, wild goose, large, great, powerful, prosperous

Kun'yomi
  • おおとり
    		large bird ②peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish) ③fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
  • ひしくい
    		bean goose (Anser fabalis)
  • おおがり
On'yomi
  • コウ
  • ゴウ

Main Radical

鳥(KanXi) 水(Nelson)

Reading Commonality

おおとり 97.8%
コウゴウ 2.2%

Character Breakdown

large bird, wild goose, large
おおとり　コウ　ひしくい (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
creek, inlet, bay
え　コウ　み (9th, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
コウ　ク　もく (2nd, N4)
bird, chicken
とり　チョウ　とっ (2nd, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ

Common Words

こう
鴻
き
基
foundation of a great project
えん
燕
じゃく
雀
こう
鴻
こく
鵠
how can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix)
こう
鴻
ぎょう
業
glorious achievement
こう
鴻
もう
毛
something extremely light ②feather of a large bird
えん
燕
じゃく
雀
いずく
安
　
ん
　
ぞ
こう
鴻
こく
鵠
　
の
こころざし
志
　
を
し
知
　
ら
　
ん
　
や
only a hero can understand a hero
こう
鴻
がん
雁
wild geese
こう
鴻
こく
鵠
giant bird ②great person
こう
鴻
ろ
臚
かん
館
mansion used by foreign visitors to Japan (Nara to Heian period)
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References

Unicode hex code 9D3B
JIS X 0208 1-25-67
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2722
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6963
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 977
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 542
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 710
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2313
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2406
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2614
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 46874
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2275
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3a14.2
Four corner code 3712.7