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Kanji Detail for 凰 - "phoenix"
凰
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Meaning
凰 means "phoenix."
Phoenix - The female of the legendary phoenix bird that appears in auspicious times.
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Origin of 凰
Originally just 皇; the surrounding frame was added later in imitation of 鳳, leaving 皇 to supply the reading o. 凰 is the female of the pair: 鳳凰 (hoo) is the phoenix, 鳳 the male bird and 凰 the female. Neither character is used alone in ordinary Japanese.
How to remember it: 皇 given a frame borrowed from 鳳 — the female half of the phoenix.
Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com
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Tattoo check: 凰
- Verified meaning: phoenix
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read こう)
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 凰
Given names 凰(こう)
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Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
female phoenix bird
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
female phoenix
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
used in 鳳凰|凤凰[feng4 huang2]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
female phoenix
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
鳳凰: A bird name. See "鳳" for details.
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