Kanji details for

 
Uses 17 strokes
Jinmeiyou Kanji (used in names)

Search words that:
- start with 鴻
- end with 鴻
- contain 鴻
large bird, wild goose, large, great, powerful, prosperous
KUN:
  • おおとり
    ootori
  • ひしくい
    hishikui
  • おおがり
    oogari
ON:
  • コウ
    kou
  • ゴウ
    gou
Written with 17 strokes
Jinmeiyou Kanji (used in names)
Radicals:
Example words(showing 1-10 of 13 results)

えんじゃくいずくこうこくこころざ
enjakuizukunzokoukokunokokorozashiwoshiran-ya
expression
only a hero can understand a hero, swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans(proverb)
See also:燕雀鴻鵠

expression
how 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(yojijukugo)

noun
1.
large bird
2.
peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish)(esp. 鵬)
See also:鵬 (ほう)
3.
fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)(esp. 鳳 and 凰 as male and female respectively)
See also:鳳凰
All readings:
大鳥【おおとり】
【おおとり】
【おおとり】
【おおとり】
【おおとり】

noun
great debt of gratitude, great obligation
See also:大恩
All readings:
洪恩【こうおん】
鴻恩【こうおん】

noun
wild geese, large geese and small geese(poetry term)

noun
foundation of a great project, base of a great enterprise
Other readings:
洪基【こうき】

noun
glorious achievement
Other readings:
洪業【こうぎょう】

noun
1.
giant bird
2.
great person, magnanimous person, hero

noun
great plan, grand prospect(obscure)
All readings:
宏図【こうと】
鴻図【こうと】
洪図【こうと】

noun
great model, great example (esp. of governing the world)
All readings:
洪範【こうはん】
鴻範【こうはん】
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