Keyword
eastern bean goose
- a species of wild swan
- vast
- Frequency
- #2386
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
hóng
Mnemonic
鸟 (bird) gives the meaning and 江 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
鸿
eastern bean goose; great; large
鸿沟
(fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap; (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 (Chǔ) and Han 汉 (Hàn)
李鸿章
Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
飞鸿
swan goose; (fig.) letter; message
徐悲鸿
Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European-trained painter and influential art teacher
鸿门宴
Hongmen feast; (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest; refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 刘邦 (LiúBāng) escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 项羽 (XiàngYǔ)
鸿雁
(bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides)
黄飞鸿
Wong Fei-hung (1847-1925), martial arts master
鸿海
Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Taiwan technology company, aka Foxconn
辜鸿铭
Ku Hung-ming or Gu Hongming (1857–1928), Malaysian writer known for his English-language works and defense of Qing dynasty monarchy
鸿蒙
HarmonyOS (Huawei operating system)
惊鸿
graceful (esp. of female posture); lithe
鸿鹄
swan; person with noble aspirations
轻于鸿毛
light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling; unimportant
崔鸿
Cui Hong, historian at the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
哀鸿遍野
lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims; starving people fill the land
波鸿
Bochum (city in Germany)