JLPT N1 · 17 strokes
Kanji 鴻: "large bird, wild goose, large"
The kanji 鴻 means "large bird, wild goose, large, great, powerful, prosperous". It is written with 17 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read コウ, ゴウ in on'yomi and おおとり, ひしくい, おおがり in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウゴウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
おおとりひしくいおおがり
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | large bird, wild goose, large, great, powerful, prosperous |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 17 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 2111 of 2,501 |
Common words with 鴻
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 鴻毛something extremely light · feather of a large bird
- 鴻鵠large bird · great person; magnanimous person; hero
- 鴻雁wild geese; large geese and small geese
- 鴻業glorious achievement
- 燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんやonly a hero can understand a hero; swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans
- 鴻基foundation of a great project; base of a great enterprise
- 鴻巣駅station : Kōnosu Station
- 燕雀鴻鵠how can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix); only a hero can understand a hero
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