Kanji
鴻
N1
17 strokes
Grade 9
freq #2111
large bird, wild goose, large, great, powerful
On'yomi (音読み)
コウ、 ゴウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
おおとり、 ひしくい、 おおがり
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
燕雀鴻鵠
えんじゃくこうこく
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
鴻基
こうき
foundation of a great project; base of a great enterprise
鴻業
こうぎょう
glorious achievement
鴻毛
こうもう
something extremely light
鴻雁
こうがん
wild geese; large geese and small geese
鴻鵠
こうこく
large bird
鴻臚館
こうろかん
mansion used by foreign visitors to Japan (Nara to Heian period)
雪泥鴻爪
せつでいのこうそう
ephemeral nature of human deeds and events; evanescence of human affairs
鴻蒙
ホンモン
HarmonyOS (Huawei)
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
鴻
ひしくい
bean goose (Anser fabalis)
燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんや
えんじゃくいずくんぞこうこくのこころざしをしらんや
only a hero can understand a hero; swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans