Wiktionary

鳳

See also: 凤 and 鳯
鳳 U+9CF3, 鳳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9CF3
← 鳲
[U+9CF2] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鳴 →
[U+9CF4]

Translingual edit

See images of 鳳
(radical 196 + 3)

Han character edit

鳳 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+3, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓一日火 (HNMAF), four-corner 77210, composition ⿵𠘨𩾏)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1482, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46671
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2014, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4616, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+9CF3

Chinese edit

trad. 鳳
simp. 凤
alternative forms 鳯
凤
风

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 鳳
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Ancient script Small seal script
       
Characters in the same phonetic series (凡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
嵐 *b·ruːm
葻 *b·uːm
釩 *pʰomʔ
汎 *pʰoms, *bum
凡 *bom
帆 *bom, *boms
颿 *bom, *boms
軓 *bomʔ
梵 *bloms, *bum
芃 *boːŋ, *bum
風 *plum, *plums
飌 *plum
楓 *plum
猦 *plum
偑 *plum
檒 *plum
瘋 *plum
諷 *plums
堸 *blum
渢 *blum
鳳 *bums

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bums) : phonetic 凡 (OC *bom) + 鳥 (“bird”).

In the oracle bone script, the script of 鳳 (OC *bums) was often phonetically borrowed to represent 風 (OC *plum, *plums, “wind”). Subsequent forms of the script of 風 were also derived from parts of the bronze inscription of 鳳.

Pronunciation edit

Note: fung6-2 - used in names.
Rime
Character 鳳
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 東 (2)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 馮貢切
Baxter bjuwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/bɨuŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/biuŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/biuŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/buwŋH/
Li
Rong 		/biuŋH/
Wang
Li 		/bĭuŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/bʱi̯uŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fung6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鳳
Reading # 1/1
No. 2935
Phonetic
component 		凡
Rime
group 		侵
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		鳳
Old
Chinese 		/*bums/

Definitions edit

鳳

  1. (Chinese mythology) male fenghuang (a mythological bird)
  2. (Cantonese, euphemistic) chicken (as food)
    鳳爪／凤爪 [Cantonese]  ―  fung6 zaau2 [Jyutping]  ―  chicken leg
  3. (Hong Kong Cantonese) female prostitute
  4. (～縣) Feng County, Fengxian (a county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China)
  5. a surname

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 妓女 (“female prostitute”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 娼妓, 妓女, 娼婦
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 妓女, 婊子, 姑娘兒, 窯姐兒, 野花兒
Taiwan 妓女, 婊子
Harbin 婊子, 窯子娘們兒, 窯姐兒, 兔兒, 兔子
Malaysia 雞
Singapore 妓女, 雞
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 窯姐
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 婊子, 賣窯子的
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 窯子
Xining 馬班子
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 婊子, 娼婦
Lanzhou 婊子, 窯子
Ürümqi 婊子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 梭爺子, 婊子婆娘, 婊子, 梭梭, 雞, 貓兒, 野雞, 捨物, 粉臉子 dated
Wuhan 婊子, 妖姑, 賣貨, 片
Guiyang 婊子, 娼妓
Kunming 爛使, 皮旦
Liuzhou 老舉婆, 老舉, 婊子婆
Dagudi (Maliba) 賣屄人
Reshuitang (Longling) 賣屄人
Mae Salong (Lancang) 妓女, 賣屄婆
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 賣屄人
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 婊子
Yangzhou 婊子, 姑娘 dated
Cantonese Guangzhou 老舉, 野雞, 雞
Hong Kong 妓女, 雞, 老舉, 啄地, 鳳, 鳳姐, 女女, G neologism
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 老舉
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 老舉
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 老舉
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 老舉
Macau 老舉, 雞
Guangzhou (Panyu) 老舉
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 老舉
Guangzhou (Conghua) 老舉
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 老舉
Foshan 老舉
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 老舉
Foshan (Shunde) 老舉
Foshan (Sanshui) 老舉
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 老舉
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 老舉
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 老舉
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 老舉
Zhuhai (Doumen) 老舉, 雞
Jiangmen (Baisha) 老舉, 雞
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 老舉, 雞
Taishan 老舉, 妓女, 雞
Kaiping (Chikan) 老舉, 雞
Enping (Niujiang) 老舉, 雞
Heshan (Yayao) 老舉
Dongguan 老舉, 妓女, 雞
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 老舉
Xinyi 老舉
Nanning 老妓
Rongxian 雞
Hepu (Lianzhou) 老舉婆
Hepu (Shatian) 老契
Guiping 老舉
Guiping (Mule) 雞
Pingnan 雞
Guigang (Gangcheng) 老舉, 雞
Guigang (Pingdong) 老舉
Beihai 老舉
Beihai (Nankang) 老舉
Beihai (Yingpan) 老舉婆
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 老舉, 雞婆
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 老舉
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 雞婆
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 妓女, 老舉, 雞
Singapore (Guangfu) 雞
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 老舉
Móng Cái 老舉
Yangon (Taishan) 妓女, 老舉, 雞
Mandalay (Taishan) 女妓
Bangkok (Guangfu) 老舉, 雞
Betong (Rongxian) 雞
Gan Nanchang 姑娘, 婊子, 雀子
Lichuan 婊子
Pingxiang 婊子
Hakka Meixian 婊仔, 火屎, 當賺個, 老舉嫲, 老舉
Xingning 婊哩, 老舉, 老舉嫲, 貨屎, 貨哩
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 老舉, 老舉婆, 雞
Huiyang 老舉
Dongguan (Qingxi) 老舉嫲
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 老舉嫲
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 老舉
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 老舉嫲
Wuhua (Huacheng) 雞婆, 老舉嫲, 老舉
Wuhua (Changbu) 老舉嫲
Wuhua (Mianyang) 雞婆, 老舉嫲
Nanxiong (Zhuji) 老舉
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 老舉
Yudu 婊姊, 姑娘, 婊子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 賺食嫲
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 菜店嫲
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 菜店嫲
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 賺食嫲
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 賺食嫲
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 賺食嫲
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 趁食夫娘人, 趁食妹子
Hong Kong 老舉嫲
Senai (Huiyang) 老舉, 雞
Huizhou Jixi 婊子, 賣屄貨
Jin Taiyuan 婊子, 窯子裡的
Xinzhou 婊子
Northern Min Jian'ou 妓嫲
Jianyang 妓嫲
Wuyishan 婊子
Eastern Min Fuzhou 白面, 白面哥
Fuzhou (Changle) 白面哥
Fuqing 婊
Yongtai 白面
Gutian 做婊子
Fu'an 白面
Ningde 白面
Shouning 婊囝
Zhouning 婊囝
Fuding 花娘
Matsu 白面
Southern Min Xiamen 婊仔, 娼婊, 水貨, 雞, 趁食查某, 土婊, 間仔查某
Quanzhou 婊仔, 片仔, 水貨, 雞, 土婊
Zhangzhou 婊仔, 查某孫, 雞, 雞仔, 土婊, 土婊仔, 間仔查某, 間底查某
Taipei 趁食查某, 菜店查某
Taipei (Wanhua) 趁食查某
New Taipei (Tamsui) 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 豆菜底的
New Taipei (Sanxia) 趁食查某, 豆菜底
New Taipei (Pingxi) 趁食查某
Kaohsiung 菜店查某, 趁食查某
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 趁食查某, 菜店查某
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 趁食查某, 菜店查某
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 趁食查某, 咧趁的, 菜店查某
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 咧趁的
Yilan 菜店查某, 趁食查某
Yilan (Toucheng) 趁食查某
Changhua (Lukang) 趁食查某
Taichung 趁食查某
Taichung (Wuqi) 趁食查某
Tainan 豆菜底的, 菜店查某, 趁食查某, 貓仔, 咧趁的, 媌仔, 妓女, 路邊花
Tainan (Anping) 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 歹查某, 咧趁的
Taitung 趁食查某
Hsinchu 趁食查某
Kinmen 趁食查某, 相楗的
Penghu (Magong) 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 菜店彪, 妓女
Penghu (Xiyu) 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 婊囝
Penang (Hokkien) 歹查某, 雞
Singapore (Hokkien) 婊仔, 樂洞, 雞
Manila (Hokkien) 婊, 婊仔, 摃婆, 漚摃, 歹查某, 姣查某, 漚查某, 姣婊
Pingnan (Shangdu) 老妓
Chaozhou 娼, 雞
Shantou 花娘, 騷婆, 妓女
Jieyang 雞, 騷, 騷婆, 查某, 娼囝
Haifeng 雞, 查某娼
Bangkok (Teochew) 妓女, 雞
Chiang Mai (Teochew) 老衍
Hat Yai (Teochew) 妓女
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 妓女
Leizhou 娘
Haikou 娘囝, 娘
Puxian Min Putian 貨𨈘
Xianyou 貨𨈘
Zhongshan Min Sanxiang 老舉
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 老妓婆, 婊子婆
Wu Shanghai 婊子, 妓女, 煤餅
Shanghai (Chongming) 婊子, 野雞
Suzhou 婊子, 妓女
Danyang 婊子
Hangzhou 婊子, 妓女
Ningbo 花佬, 婊子
Wenzhou 大毛, 嬉老, 花兒
Jinhua 賣胖貨, 賣胖個, 婊子, 婊子貨
Xiang Changsha 妓女, 婊子, 婊子婆
Loudi 婊子, 娼婦
Quanzhou 妓女

See also edit

  • 凰 (huáng, “female fenghuang”)

Compounds edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (鳳):
  • → Japanese: 鳳(ほう) (hō)
  • → Korean: 봉(鳳) (bong)
  • → Vietnamese: phụng (鳳), phượng (鳳)

Others:

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

鳳

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. feng (male fire-bird) or other fabled bird
  2. person of excellence
  3. imperial
  4. expression of respect

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Compounds

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
鳳
ほう
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 鳳 (MC bjuwngH).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

鳳(ほう) • (hō) 

  1. (Chinese mythology) feng: a fabled male fire-bird, thought to be a manifestation of a saint
    Antonym: 凰 (ō, kō)
Derived terms edit

Proper noun edit

鳳(ほう) • (Hō) 

  1. a surname

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
鳳
おおとり
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 鳳 – see the following entry.
【おおとり】
[noun] any large bird (crane, stork, swan, etc.)
[noun] any majestic bird of legend (peng, fenghuang, phoenix, roc, etc.)
[proper noun] 鳳: a surname
Alternative spellings
大鳥, 鵬, 鴻
(This term, 鳳, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja edit

鳳 (eumhun 봉새 봉 (bongsae bong))

  1. Hanja form? of 봉 (“male phoenix”).

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

鳳: Hán Nôm readings: phượng, phụng

  1. phoenix
  2. Mohur tree
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