鸿 - hóng - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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11 strokes
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鸿 (鴻)

hóng

Definition

eastern bean goose
great
large

Character Decomposition

Related words (9)

鸿沟

hóng gōu

wide gap; gulf; chasm; (lit.) name of old canal in Henan that formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 and Han 漢|汉

鸿雁

hóng yàn

(bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides)

鸿鹄

hóng hú

swan; person with noble aspirations

鸿图大计

hóng tú dà jì

important large scale project

惊鸿

jīng hóng

graceful (esp. of female posture); lithe

来鸿

lái hóng

incoming letter (literary)

远方来鸿

yuǎn fāng lái hóng

letter from afar (literary)

see 雪泥鸿爪

see 雪泥鸿爪

Idioms (7)

鸿毛泰岱

hóng máo tài dài

light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another

哀鸿遍野

āi hóng biàn yě

(lit.) plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims; starving people fill the land

来鸿去燕

lái hóng qù yàn

(lit.) the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move

轻于鸿毛

qīng yú hóng máo

light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling; unimportant

雪泥鸿爪

xuě ní hóng zhǎo

a goose's footprint in the snow; vestiges of the past (idiom); the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)

燕雀安知鸿鹄之志

yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì

(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?

燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志

yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì

(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?

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