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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

JLPT level: N1

2111 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 17

Meaning: large bird, wild goose, large, great, powerful, prosperous

Kunyomi: おおとり ひしくい おおがり

Onyomi: コウ ゴウ

Composition: 江 鳥

鴻

Radical

Radical: 鳥

Meaning: bird

鳥

Examples

Onyomi Examples

洪恩 （コウオン） great debt of gratitude, great obligation

鴻雁 （コウガン） wild geese, large geese and small geese

Kunyomi Examples

大鳥 （おおとり） large bird, peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish), fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)

鴻 （ひしくい） bean goose (Anser fabalis)