鳳凰

Chinese
male Chinese phoenix female Chinese phoenix
trad. (鳳凰) 鳳 凰
simp. (凤凰) 凤 凰
anagram 凰鳳／凰凤

Pronunciation

Noun

鳳凰

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

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms from 鳳凰

Proper noun

鳳凰

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

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (鳳凰):

Japanese
Kanji in this term
鳳 凰
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
Derived terms
  • 鳳凰 (ホウオウ)貝 (ガイ) (hōōgai)
  • ほうおう座 (ざ), 鳳 (ほう)凰 (おう)座 (ざ) (Hōōza)
  • 鳳 (ほう)凰 (おう)三 (さん)山 (ざん) (Hōō Sanzan)
  • 鳳凰 (ホウオウ)雀 (ジャク) (hōōjaku)
  • 鳳凰 (ホウオウ)沙参 (シャジン) (hōō shajin)
  • 鳳凰 (ホウオウ)杉 (スギ) (hōō sugi)
  • 鳳凰 (ホウオウ)草 (ソウ) (hōōsō)
  • 鳳凰 (ホウオウ)竹 (チク) (hōōchiku)
  • 鳳 (ほう)凰 (おう)堂 (どう) (Hōōdō)
  • 鳳 (ほう)凰 (おう)の舞 (まい) (hōō no mai)
  • 鳳凰 (ホウオウ)木 (ボク) (hōōboku)
  • 鳳 (ほう)凰 (おう)丸 (まる) (hōō-maru)
  • 鳳 (ほう)凰 (おう)文 (もん) (hōō mon)
  • 桐 (きり)に鳳 (ほう)凰 (おう) (kiri ni hōō)
  • 朝 (ちょう)陽 (よう)鳳 (ほう)凰 (おう) (chōyō hōō)
  • 瑠 (ル)璃 (リ)鳳凰 (ホウオウ) (ruri hōō)

See also
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
鳳凰

Noun

鳳凰 • (bonghwang) (hangeul 봉황)

  1. Hanja form? of 봉황 (“fenghuang”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
鳳凰

Verb

鳳凰

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