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鳳
鳳
Translingual
Han character
鳳 (radical 196 鳥+3, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓一日火 (HNMAF), four-corner 77210, composition ⿵𠘨𩾏)
References
- KangXi: page 1482, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46671
- Dae Jaweon: page 2014, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4616, character 5
- Unihan data for U+9CF3
Chinese
| trad. | 鳳 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 凤 | |
| alt. forms | 鳯 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (凡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 嵐 | *b·ruːm |
| 葻 | *b·uːm |
| 釩 | *pʰomʔ |
| 汎 | *pʰoms, *bum |
| 凡 | *bom |
| 帆 | *bom, *boms |
| 颿 | *bom, *boms |
| 軓 | *bomʔ |
| 梵 | *bloms, *bum |
| 芃 | *boːŋ, *bum |
| 風 | *plum, *plums |
| 飌 | *plum |
| 楓 | *plum |
| 猦 | *plum |
| 偑 | *plum |
| 檒 | *plum |
| 瘋 | *plum |
| 諷 | *plums |
| 堸 | *blum |
| 渢 | *blum |
| 鳳 | *bums |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *bums) : 凡 + 鳥 (“bird”).
Graphically, the stroke inside the enclosure has merged with 鳥; compare similar development in 風 (OC *plum, *plums) (from 虫).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˋ
- Wade-Giles: fêng4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenq
- IPA (key): /fɤŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: fung6
- Yale: fuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: fung6
- IPA (key): /fʊŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: von (T3)
- IPA (key): /v̻ʊŋ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 鳳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (2) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 馮貢切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/bɨuŋH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/biuŋH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/biuŋH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/buwŋH/ |
| Li Rong |
/biuŋH/ |
| Wang Li |
/bĭuŋH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/bʱi̯uŋH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
fèng |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 鳳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2935 |
| Phonetic component |
凡 |
| Rime group |
侵 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
鳳 |
| Old Chinese |
/*bums/ |
Definitions
鳳
See also
- 凰 (huáng, “female phoenix”)
Compounds
Derived terms from 鳳
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Japanese
Kanji
鳳
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings
Compounds
Compounds
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| Kanji in this term |
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| 鳳 |
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おおとり Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi |
Proper noun
鳳 (hiragana おおとり, romaji Ōtori)
- A Japanese surname.
Korean
Hanja
鳳 • (bong) (hangeul 봉, revised bong, McCune-Reischauer pong, Yale pong)
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Vietnamese
Han character
鳳 (phượng, phụng)
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