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Kanji Detail for 鵬 - "roc"
鵬
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Meaning
鵬 means "roc." Also associated with great bird.
Roc - A legendary giant bird.
Great bird - An enormous, magnificent creature.
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Four-character idioms with 鵬
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鵬程万里
ほうていばんり
(over) a great distance; (a long journey (flight, voyage)) to (from) a faraway place
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鵬程万里
ほうていばんり
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Tattoo check: 鵬
- Verified meaning: roc
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read おおとり, おおどり, すえおか, とも)
- Also carries these associations: great bird
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 鵬
Given names 鵬(とも)
鵬(ほう)
Surnames 鵬(おおとり)
鵬(おおどり)
鵬(すえおか)
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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
phoenix
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
fabulous bird of enormous size
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
Peng, large fabulous bird; roc
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
fabulous bird of enormous size
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
In ancient times, the peng was said to be the largest of birds. The Zhuangzi says: "The peng's back, one knows not how many thousand li it is. When it rises in flight, its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky."
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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