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鸿

hóng

a species of wild swan; vast

🔤 Pictophonetic: 鸟 (bird) provides meaning, 江 provides pronunciation
HSK 11 strokes Common (19%)

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jiāng
large river; the Yangtze; surname
🔤 Pictophonetic: 氵 (water) provides meaning, 工 provides pronunciation
6 strokes HSK 4
niǎo
bird
📷 Pictographic: Simplified form of 烏, a bird
5 strokes HSK 3

Words Using 鸿 (32)

hóng
鸿
eastern bean goose / great / large
hónggōu
鸿沟
wide gap / gulf / chasm / lit. name of old canal in Henan that formed the border between enemies Chu [[楚]] and Han [[漢|汉]]
HuángFēihóng
黄飞鸿
Wong Fei Hung (1847-1924), famous martial artist and revolutionary
hónghú
鸿鹄
swan / person with noble aspirations
āihóngbiànyě
哀鸿遍野
lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims / starving people fill the land
XúBēihóng
徐悲鸿
Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European trained painter and influential art teacher
LǐHóngzhāng
李鸿章
Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
ZhāngÈrhóng
张二鸿
Jung Chang [[張戎|张戎<ZhāngRóng>]] (1952-), British-Chinese writer, author of Wild Swans [[野天鵝|野天鹅<YěTiāné>]] and Mao: The Unknown Story [[毛澤東・鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东・鲜为人知的故事<MáoZédōng·XiānwéirénzhīdeGùshi>]]
yànquèyānzhīhónggǔzhīzhì
燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志
lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
qīngyúhóngmáo
轻于鸿毛
light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling / unimportant
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