Chinese Word: 鸿 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

鸿 (Trad.: 鴻)

Pinyin: hóng

English Definition: eastern bean goose; great; large

Chinese Definition:
①大雁：鸿雁。鸿毛。雪泥鸿爪(喻往事遗留的痕迹)。
②大：鸿博。鸿图。鸿沟。鸿儒。鸿福。鸿运。鸿烈。
③指书信：来鸿。
④姓氏。

Total strokes: 11; Radical: 鳥

Pictophonetic:江 indicates the sound; 鸟 (bird) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 江 [ jiāng ] large river; the Yangtze; surname
- 鸟 [ niǎo ] bird

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鸿沟	hóng gōu	(fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap; (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 and Han 汉
鸿雁	hóng yàn	(bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides)
鸿门宴	hóng mén yàn	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 刘邦
轻于鸿毛	qīng yú hóng máo	light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling; unimportant
鸿运	hóng yùn	variant of 红运