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Meaning of 鸿
Pinyin
hóng
Radical
鸟
Strokes
11
Definition
eastern bean goose / great / large
Usage
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鸿
hóng
【Noun】
1. 大雁: A large wild goose.
2. 大: Great; large; vast.
3. 指书信: Refers to a letter.
4. 姓: A surname.
【Extended Meanings】
1. 大雁: 例如: 鸿雁 (a migratory wild goose). 鸿毛 (the feathers of a wild goose). 雪泥鸿爪 (the traces left behind, metaphorically referring to past events).
2. 大: 例如: 鸿博 (great and broad). 鸿图 (grand plans). 鸿沟 (major gap). 鸿儒 (great Confucian scholar). 鸿福 (great blessings). 鸿运 (great fortune). 鸿烈 (greatly powerful).
3. 指书信: 例如: 来鸿 (a letter that has arrived).
4. 姓: A surname.
鸿
hóng
【Noun】
【Original Meaning】: 大雁 (a large goose)
【Character Formation】: Phono-semantic compound; contains “bird” and “river sound.”
1. 泛称类似天鹅的大型雁. (Generic term for large types of geese similar to swans historically known.)
- Example: 《说文》: "鸿, 鹄也." (Swans are also referred to as 'hóng.')
- Example: 《易·渐》: "鸿渐于干."
- Example: 《诗·小雅·鸿雁》: "鸿雁于飞."
2. 鹄 (swan).
- Example: Font or literary quotes showing connection between 'hóng' and swan.
3. 喻指书信 (refers to letters).
- Example: 来鸿 (incoming letter).
4. 洪水 (flood); 通”洪” (connected with "flood").
- Example: Reference quotes discussing floods.
5. 天地未开时的景象 (the chaos before the sky and earth were formed).
- Example: 鸿洞 (chaotic unity, referring to the primordial state of the universe).
6. 豆雁 (bean goose), a type of brown Eurasian wild goose.
鸿
hóng
【Adjective】
1. 大 (great).
- Example:《楚辞·刘向·九欢·逢纷》: "鸿永路有嘉名."
2. 形容学识渊博 (broad and profound knowledge).
- Example: 《论衡·超奇》: "能精思著文、连结篇章者为鸿儒."
3. 旺盛，兴盛 (prosperous).
- Example: 《吕氏春秋·执一》: "神农以鸿."
Feast at Hongmen / (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 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3]
(fig.) gulf / chasm / wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 and Han 漢|汉
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Input Method for 鸿
Pinyin
hong2
Wubi
iaqg
Cangjie
empm
Zhengma
vbrz
Four Corner
37127
Unicode
U+9e3f
Stroke Number Category
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