鴻 (hung4 | hong2) : goose; swan; vast

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鴻

hung4

hong2

[1] [n] wild goose; wild swan
[2] [adj] vast; great; huge; grand
[3] [n] [literary] letter

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 17

Level: 2

Radical: (#196)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

鴻 / 鸿

This word has been viewed 7667 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on and last edited on 21st Jan 2012 10:29

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鴻溝 hung4 kau1 hong2 gou1 = a river in Henan province; wide gap or chasm

數碼鴻溝 sou3 maa5 hung4 kau1 = the "digital divide"

鴻運扇 hung4 wan6 sin3 = a box fan

黃飛鴻 wong4 fei1 hung4 huang2 fei1 hong3 = Wong Fei-Hung

何鴻燊 ho4 hung4 san1 he2 hong2 shen1 = Stanley Ho

鴻圖 hung4 tou4 hong2 tu2 = grand plan; ambitious plan

大展鴻圖 daai6 zin2 hung4 tou4 da4 zhan3 hong2 tu2 = to realize one's ambitions

鴻門宴 hung4 mun4 jin3 hong2 men2 yan4 = a trap; perilous meeting

陳錦鴻 can4 gam2 hung4 chen2 jin3 hong2 = Sunny Chan

游鴻明 jau4 hung4 ming4 you2 hong2 ming2 = Chris Yu
See all 11 compounds (CantoDict reports 8 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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Decimal representation of this word: 鴻
Unicode code for this character: U+9d3b (off-site link)

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