鳳凰

Chinese

male Chinese phoenix female Chinese phoenix
trad. (鳳凰)
simp. (凤凰)
anagram 凰鳳凰凤

Pronunciation


Noun

鳳凰

  1. (Chinese mythology) fenghuang; the "Chinese phoenix"

Synonyms

Derived terms

Proper noun

鳳凰

  1. () Fenghuang (a county of Xiangxi, Hunan, China)
  2. (街道) Fenghuang (a subdistrict of Echeng, Ezhou, Hubei, China)
  3. () Fenghuang (a town in Xinzhou, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
  4. () Fenghuang (a town in Wuxi, Chongqing, China)
  5. () Fenghuang (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi, Hubei, China)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鳳凰):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ほう
Jinmeiyō
おう
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Alternative forms

  • 鳳皇

Etymology

/houwau//hoːwɔː//hoːɔː//hoːoː/

Borrowing from Chinese 鳳凰 (fènghuáng, literally male fire-bird + female fire-bird),[1][2][3] date of borrowing unknown.

Pronunciation

Noun

鳳凰 (hiragana ほうおう, rōmaji hōō, historical hiragana ほうわう)

  1. (Chinese mythology) fenghuang: a fabled Chinese fire-bird
    Synonyms: 大鳥 (ōtori), 鳳鳥 (hōchō)
  2. a style of 家紋 (kamon, family crest) with a stylized fenghuang
    Hyponyms: 鳳凰丸 (hōō-maru), 桐に鳳凰 (kiri ni hōō)
  3. (shogi) phoenix: a piece in 中将棋 (chū-shōgi) and larger shogi variants

Derived terms

See also

Proper noun

鳳凰 (hiragana ほうおう, rōmaji Hōō, historical hiragana ほうわう)

  1. a type of incense
  2. a place name
  3. a female given name
  4. a surname

Derived terms

References

  1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 鳳凰”, in 世界大百科事典 第2版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainiban, Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

鳳凰 (bonghwang) (hangeul 봉황)

  1. Hanja form? of 봉황 (fenghuang).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Verb

鳳凰

  1. Hán tự form of phượng hoàng (phoenix).
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