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鳳

JLPT N1 14 strokes Frequency: #2163

Meanings

Male Mythical Bird

Radicals

鳥

Decomposition

⿵几⿱一鳥

Etymology

Pictophonetic: bird

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 14

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-to-bottom

2 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

3 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

4 diagonal right-to-left

5 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

6 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

7 horizontal bottom-to-top

8 horizontal bottom-to-top

9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

10 hook bottom-to-top

11 dot bottom-to-top

12 dot bottom-to-top

13 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

14 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

フウ fuu

ホウ hou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

14 words total

Other (14 words)

鳳声ほうせい

verbal message

鳳ほう

feng (male Chinese firebird)

金鳳花きんぽうげ

buttercup (Ranunculus japonicus)

鳳仙花ホウセンカ

(garden) balsam (Impatiens balsamina)

伏竜鳳雛ふくりょうほうすう

gifted young person who shows much promise

鳳梨ほうり

pineapple

白鳳時代はくほうじだい

Hakuhō period (esp. used as a period of art history, approx. 645-710 CE)

鳳管ほうかん

sho (Japanese free reed musical instrument)

鳳笙ほうしょう

shō (Japanese free reed musical instrument)

鳳楼ほうろう

tower crowned by a representation of the Chinese firebird

鳳雛ほうすう

gifted young person who shows much promise

鳳閣ほうかく

splendid multistoried building

白鳳はくほう

white Chinese phoenix

深山金鳳花みやまきんぽうげ

meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris var. nipponicus)

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