(hóng): great, liberal

(hóng) is a Chinese character meaning “great.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (structural) and (structural). It ranks #2503 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. great
  2. liberal

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
hóng yángto enhance
hóng fǎto propagate Buddhist teachings
hóng zhìHongzhi Emperor, reign name of ninth Ming emperor 朱祐樘[Zhu1 You4 tang2] (1470-1505), reigned 1487-1505, temple name 明孝...
hóng túvariant of 宏圖|宏图[hong2 tu2]
hóng yuànvariant of 宏願|宏愿[hong2 yuan4]
kuān hóngmagnanimous
huī hóngvariant of 恢宏[hui1 hong2]
yīn hóng xùFrançois Xavier d'Entrecolles (1664-1741), French Jesuit missionary to Kangxi court
hóng zhǐvariant of 宏旨[hong2 zhi3]
9
Total compounds
67
As first character
22
As last character
11
As middle character

appears in 9 compound words: 67 as the first character, 22 as the last, and 11 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

zhì
0.52165,466 co-occurrences
0.4654,308 co-occurrences
yáng
0.4554,782 co-occurrences
héng
0.4143,426 co-occurrences
tián
0.41017,106 co-occurrences
0.39610,920 co-occurrences
sōng
0.3926,972 co-occurrences
chuān
0.38910,614 co-occurrences
téng
0.3895,328 co-occurrences
0.3878,886 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

字虽然难写,但意思很有趣。

hóng zì suī rán nán xiě , dàn yì sī hěn yǒu qù .

The character "弘" may be difficult to write, but its meaning is quite interesting.

InvestingFeb 2026

...亿级ETF“一姐”节前离职,已火速加盟天基金,引进人才又落一子

. . . yì jí E T F yī jiě jié qián lí zhí , yǐ huǒ sù jiā méng tiān hóng jī jīn , yǐn jìn rén cái yòu luò yī zǐ

... The "first sister" of the 100-million-level ETF left before the holiday and has quickly joined Tianhong Fund, and the introduction of talents has fallen into another son

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

财报/2025年获利1.13亿元、EPS...

bó hóng cái bào 2 0 2 5 nián huò lì 1 . 1 3 yì yuán , E P S . . .

Bohong Financial Report/2025 profit of 113 million yuan, EPS...

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

经典赛/日本队遭软银完封仍有收获 井端和点“好球带差异”

jīng diǎn sài rì běn duì zāo ruǎn yín wán fēng réng yǒu shōu huò jǐng duān hóng hé diǎn hǎo qiú dài chā yì

Classic/Japan team was shutout by Softbank and still gained Hirokazu Ibata pointed out the difference in "good ball belt"

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

凯切入新应用 添动能

hóng kǎi qiē rù xīn yīng yòng tiān dòng néng

Hongkai cuts into new applications to add momentum

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

台湾素食龙头扬食品 投资4亿打造首座绿电智慧新厂

tái wān sù shí lóng tóu hóng yáng shí pǐn tóu zī 4 yì dǎ zào shǒu zuò lǜ diàn zhì huì xīn hǎn

Taiwan's vegetarian leader promotes food and invests 400 million yuan to build the first green power smart factory

Tatoeba

美正穿着一件新衣服。

Hóng měi zhèng chuān zhe yī jiàn xīn yīfu.

Hiromi is wearing a new dress.

Tatoeba

虽然子不喜欢香烟的烟雾,她却乐意和朋友出去喝酒。

Suīrán hóng zǐ bù xǐhuan xiāngyān de yānwù, tā què lèyì hé péngyou chūqù hējiǔ.

Although Hiroko dislikes cigarette smoke, she readily goes out drinking with friends.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced hóng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 弘 (hóng) mean in Chinese?
弘 (hóng) primarily means "great." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2503 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 弘 have?
弘 is written with 5 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 弘?
The radical associated with 弘 is 弓 (bow). This radical appears in many characters related to bow.
What are the components of 弘?
弘 is composed of: 弓 (structural), 厶 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰弓厶 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 弘?
Common words with 弘 include: 弘扬 (hóng yáng, "to enhance"); 弘法 (hóng fǎ, "to propagate Buddhist teachings"); 弘治 (hóng zhì, "Hongzhi Emperor, reign name of ninth Ming emperor 朱祐樘[Zhu1 You4 tang2] (1470-1505), reigned 1487-1505, temple name 明孝..."); 弘图 (hóng tú, "variant of 宏圖|宏图[hong2 tu2]"); 弘愿 (hóng yuàn, "variant of 宏願|宏愿[hong2 yuan4]"). There are over 9 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 弘 (hóng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation hóng: 轰 (explosion), 哄 (roar of laughter (onom.)), 烘 (to bake), 红 (red), and 3 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 弘 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 弘 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.