鳳

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(radical 196 + 3)

鳳 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+3, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓一日火 (HNMAF), four-corner 7721₀, composition ⿵𠘨𩾏)

• 𠏵, 𫲉, 㵯, 𣝲, 𤪧, 𫄍, 𬐑, 𫘙, 𪋴, 𮱱, 𪈽

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1482, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46671
• Dae Jaweon: page 2014, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4616, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9CF3

Historical forms of the character 鳳
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Ancient script	Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *bums): phonetic 凡 (OC *bom) + 鳥 (“bird”).

In the oracle bone script, the script of 鳳 (OC *bums) was often phonetically borrowed to represent 風 (OC *plum, *plums, “wind”). Subsequent forms of the script of 風 were also derived from parts of the bronze inscription of 鳳.

鳳

1. (Chinese mythology) male fenghuang (a mythological bird)
2. (Cantonese, euphemistic) chicken (as food)

   鳳爪／凤爪 [Cantonese]  ―  fung⁶ zaau²   ―  chicken leg

3. (Hong Kong Cantonese) female prostitute
4. (～縣) Feng County, Fengxian (a county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China)
5. a surname

• 凰 (huáng, “female fenghuang”)

Others:

• → English: Feng
• → Zhuang: fungh

• “鳳”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. feng (male fire-bird) or other fabled bird
2. person of excellence
3. imperial
4. expression of respect

• Go-on: ぶ (bu)、ぶう (bū)、ふう (fū)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)^{←ほう (fou, historical)}
• Kun: おおとり (ōtori, 鳳)^{←おほとり (ofotori, 鳳, historical)}
• Nanori: あげは (ageha)、たか (taka)

From Middle Chinese 鳳 (MC bjuwngH).

• (Tokyo) ほー (Atamadaka – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

鳳(ほう) • (hō) 

1. (Chinese mythology) feng: a fabled male fire-bird, thought to be a manifestation of a saint

   Antonym: 凰 (ō, kō)

• 鳳(ほう)笙(しょう) (hōshō)

鳳(ほう) • (Hō) 

1. a surname

鳳 (eumhun 봉새 봉 (bongsae bong))

1. hanja form^? of 봉 (“male phoenix”)

鳳: Hán Nôm readings: phượng, phụng

1. phoenix
2. Mohur tree