Kanji1 / 17
鴻 kanji
large bird, wild goose, large, great, powerful, prosperous
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 17
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
On readings
コウゴウ
Kun readings
おおとりひしくいおおがり
Words with 鴻
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —鴻基foundation of a great project; base of a great enterprise
- —鴻業glorious achievement
- —鴻毛something extremely light; feather of a large bird
- —鴻雁wild geese; large geese and small geese
- —鴻鵠large bird; great person; magnanimous person; hero
- —鴻臚館mansion used by foreign visitors to Japan (Nara to Heian period)
- —燕雀鴻鵠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
- —鴻大great; immense
- —鴻謨great plan; grand policy
- —鴻図great plan; grand prospect
- —鴻範great model; great example (esp. of governing the world)
- —鴻恩great debt of gratitude; great obligation