鴻

large bird; wild goose; large; great; powerful; prosperous

Strokes
17
JLPT
N1
On
コウ, ゴウ
Kun
おおとり, ひしくい, おおがり

Parts

Words with 鴻

  1. 鴻基こうき · koukifoundation of a great project; base of a great enterprise
  2. 鴻業こうぎょう · kougyouglorious achievement
  3. 鴻毛こうもう · koumousomething extremely light; feather of a large bird
  4. 鴻雁こうがん · kouganwild geese; large geese and small geese
  5. 鴻鵠こうこく · koukokularge bird; great person; magnanimous person
  6. 鴻蒙ホンモン · honmonHarmonyOS (Huawei)
  7. 鴻臚館こうろかん · kourokanmansion used by foreign visitors to Japan (Nara to Heian period)
  8. 燕雀鴻鵠えんじゃくこうこく · enjakukoukokuhow can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix); only a hero can understand a hero
  9. 雪泥鴻爪せつでいのこうそう · setsudeinokousouephemeral nature of human deeds and events; evanescence of human affairs; leaving no trace
  10. 燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんやえんじゃくいずくんぞこうこくのこころざしをしらんや · enjakuizukunzokoukokunokokorozashioshiranyaonly a hero can understand a hero; swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences