漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
鵬: phoenix
JLPT N119 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
鳥 carries the meaning · 朋 is drawn in
19 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ホウhou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 鵬ほうpeng (giant bird said to transform from a…
- 鵬程ほうていlong cruise; great distance
- 鵬翼ほうよくphoenix wings; aeroplane wings
Also read おおとり, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the bird perched on a branch, ready to take flight! The top horizontal line is the head, the box with a dot is the sharp eye, and the strokes below show the beautiful feathers of the wings and tail.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
朋
Also built on companion (朋)
In ChineseSimplified 鹏 · traditional, as in Japanese · péng
Japan keeps the traditional form 鵬; mainland China simplifies it to 鹏.
- Simplified
- 鹏 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 鵬 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin péng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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