鴻

hóng

species of wild swan; vast

How to write 鴻, stroke by stroke

eastern bean goose; great; large

Pictophonetic: semantic 鳥 (bird), phonetic 江

Made of 江 + 鳥

飛鴻fēi hóngswan goose; (fig.) letter; message
驚鴻jīng hónggraceful (esp. of female posture); lithe
鴻喜菇hóng xǐ gūbeech mushroom (Hypsizygus tessulatus), usually referring to the brown cultivated variety
鴻溝hóng gōu(fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap; (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 and Han 汉
鴻雁hóng yàn(bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides)
大鴻臚dà hóng lúminister responsible for foreign relations and court protocol in imperial China
鴻鵠hóng húswan; person with noble aspirations
鴻圖大計hóng tú dà jìimportant large scale project
來鴻lái hóngincoming letter (literary)
鴻蒙hóng méng(literary) primordial chaos (mythological void state preceding the creation of the universe)
鴻臚寺hóng lú sì(archaic) office in charge of ceremony and protocol
來鴻去燕lái hóng qù yànlit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move