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鴻 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「鳥」

道
準1University / general ／ 17 strokes ／ Radical「鳥」
On
コウ・ゴウこう・ごう · kō · gō
Kun
おおとり・ひしくい・おおがりōtori · hishikui · ōgari
Meaning
great bird; grand

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

鳥 "bird" with 江 "great river": the large waterside bird — the wild goose; also “grand”.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 鴻業こうぎょう

    a great undertaking

  • 鴻毛こうもう

    something very light

More words with this kanji

  • 鴻猷こうゆう
  • 鴻臚館こうろかん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

国(くに)を築(きず)く鴻業(こうぎょう)を成(な)し遂(と)げた。

They accomplished the great work of founding a nation.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

鴻業鴻毛鴻業work毛hair鳩pigeon鳳male…鳶black…鴇creste…鴨wild…弘vast叩strike亘extend…亙extend…宏wide
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 鳥Map of reading コウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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