Chinese edit

male Chinese phoenix female Chinese phoenix
trad. (鳳凰)
simp. (凤凰)
alternative forms 鳳皇凤皇
anagram 凰鳳凰凤
 
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Etymology edit

Miyake (2015) reconstructed Old Chinese pronunciation *N-prəm-s ɢʷˁɑŋ and proposed, though with uncertainty, that the mythical bird's name is the affixed form of (“wind sovereign”).

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (3) (33)
Final () (2) (102)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter bjuwngH hwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bɨuŋH/ /ɦwɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/biuŋH/ /ɦʷɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/biuŋH/ /ɣuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buwŋH/ /ɦwaŋ/
Li
Rong
/biuŋH/ /ɣuɑŋ/
Wang
Li
/bĭuŋH/ /ɣuɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯uŋH/ /ɣwɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fèng huáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fung6 wong4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 2935 12709
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*bums/ /*ɡʷaːŋ/
Notes

Noun edit

鳳凰

  1. (Chinese mythology) fenghuang; the "Chinese phoenix" (Classifier: m)
  2. phoenix

Usage notes edit

In modern usage, 鳳凰 is often transliterated as fenghuang in English for distinction, while phoenix is also translated literally as 不死鳥不死鸟 (bùsǐniǎo, literally “immortal bird”) in Chinese.

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Proper noun edit

鳳凰

  1. () Fenghuang (a county of Xiangxi prefecture, Hunan, China)
  2. (街道) Fenghuang (a subdistrict of Echeng district, Ezhou, Hubei, China)
  3. () Fenghuang (name of various towns in China)
    1. () Fenghuang (a town in Xinzhou district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
    2. () Fenghuang (a town in Wuxi, Chongqing, China)
  4. () Fenghuang (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (鳳凰):

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ほう
Jinmeiyō
おう
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi
 鳳凰 on Japanese Wikipedia
 鳳凰 (曖昧さ回避) on Japanese Wikipedia
 Fenghuang on Wikipedia

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

/pouwau//ɸoːwɔː//hoːɔː//hoːoː/

Borrowing from Chinese 鳳凰凤凰 (fènghuáng, literally male fire-bird + female fire-bird),[1][2][3] date of borrowing unknown.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(ほう)(おう) (hōōほうわう (fowau)?

  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 edit

See also edit

Proper noun edit

(ほう)(おう) (Hōōほうわう (fowau)?

  1. a type of incense
  2. a place name
  3. a female given name
  4. a surname

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ 鳳凰”, in 世界大百科事典 第2版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

鳳凰 (bonghwang) (hangeul 봉황)

  1. Hanja form? of 봉황 (Korean phoenix).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb edit

鳳凰

  1. chữ Hán form of phượng hoàng (phoenix).