鸿 (hóng): eastern bean goose, great
鸿 (hóng) is a Chinese character meaning “eastern bean goose.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 鸟 (bird). It ranks #3696 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- eastern bean goose
- great
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鸿沟 | hóng gōu | (fig.) gulf |
| 鸿运 | hóng yùn | variant of 紅運|红运[hong2 yun4] |
| 黄飞鸿 | huáng fēi hóng | Wong Fei-hung (1847-1925), martial arts master |
| 鸿门宴 | hóng mén yàn | Hongmen feast |
| 鸿鹄 | hóng hú | swan |
| 远方来鸿 | yuǎn fāng lái hóng | letter from afar (literary) |
| 鸿图大计 | hóng tú dà jì | important large scale project |
| 那鸿书 | nà hóng shū | Book of Nahum |
| 轻于鸿毛 | qīng yú hóng máo | light as a goose feather (idiom) |
| 来鸿 | lái hóng | incoming letter (literary) |
| 来鸿去燕 | lái hóng qù yàn | lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom) |
| 鸿海 | hóng hǎi | Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Taiwan technology company, aka Foxconn |
| 飞鸿 | fēi hóng | swan goose |
| 李鸿章 | lǐ hóng zhāng | Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat |
| 鸿毛泰山 | hóng máo tài shān | lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom) |
鸿 appears in 37 compound words: 38 as the first character, 24 as the last, and 38 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
a land of wailing and despair; land swarming with disaster victims; disaster victims moaning everywhere
to be worthless (or trashy, valueless, not worth a brass farthing, good for nothing, of no worth)
a land of wailing and despair; land swarming with disaster victims; disaster victims moaning everywhere
Showing 6 of 7 idioms containing 鸿.
Example Sentences
老师教我们鸿字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men hóng zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "Hong."
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鸿 méng zhì háng wèn jiè dēng lù huá wéi shāng chéng , xīn chē dìng wèi . . .
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. . . guǎng dōng dēng dǐng quán guó zuì ài fā hóng bāo shěng fèn 鸿 méng zhì háng zūn jiè wěi zhuāng chē pù guāng yuè zhī àn miàn . . .
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辉达GTC将秀新品 台积、鸿海等营运进补
huī dá jiāng xiù xīn pǐn tái jī 鸿 hǎi děng yíng yùn jìn bǔ
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qiē rù shí tǐ shì chǎng 鸿 hǎi yǒu wàng tōng chī dà dān
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Character Family
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