鳳

See also: 凤 and 鳯
鳳 U+9CF3, 鳳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9CF3
← 鳲
[U+9CF2]
CJK Unified Ideographs 鳴 →
[U+9CF4]

Translingual

Han character

鳳 (Kangxi 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 (first edition): volume 7, page 4616, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+9CF3

Chinese

trad. 鳳
simp. 凤
alternative forms 鳯
凤
风

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鳳
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Ancient script Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *bums) : phonetic 凡 (OC *bom) + 鳥 (“bird”).

In the oracle bone script, the script of 鳳 (OC *bums) was often phonetically borrowed to represent 風 (OC *plum, *plums, “wind”). Subsequent forms of the script of 風 were also derived from parts of the bronze inscription of 鳳.

Pronunciation


Note: fung6-2 - used in names.

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
Baxter bjuwngH
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fung6
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

  1. (Chinese mythology) male fenghuang (a mythological bird)
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) female prostitute
  3. (~縣) Feng County, Fengxian (a county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China)
  4. a surname

Synonyms

See also

  • 凰 (huáng, “female fenghuang”)

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鳳):
  • → Japanese: 鳳(ほう) (hō)
  • → Korean: 봉(鳳) (bong)
  • → Vietnamese: phụng (鳳), phượng (鳳)

Others:

References

Japanese

Kanji

鳳

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. feng (male fire-bird) or other fabled bird
  2. person of excellence
  3. imperial
  4. expression of respect

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鳳
ほう
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 鳳 (MC bɨuŋH).

Pronunciation

Noun

鳳(ほう) • (hō) 

  1. (Chinese mythology) feng: a fabled male fire-bird, thought to be a manifestation of a saint
    Antonym: 凰 (ō, kō)
Derived terms
  • 鳳(ほう)笙(しょう) (hōshō)

Proper noun

鳳(ほう) • (Hō) 

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鳳
おおとり
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 鳳 – see the following entry.
【おおとり】
[noun] any large bird (crane, stork, swan, etc.)
[noun] any majestic bird of legend (peng, fenghuang, phoenix, roc, etc.)
[proper noun] 鳳: a surname
Alternative spellings
大鳥, 鵬, 鳳, 鴻
(This term, 鳳, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

鳳 (eumhun 봉새 봉 (bongsae bong))

  1. Hanja form? of 봉 (“male phoenix”).

Vietnamese

Han character

鳳: Hán Nôm readings: phượng, phụng

  1. phoenix
  2. Mohur tree
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