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鴻 = 江 + 鳥
鴻 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “large goose”. It is built from 江 (creek) and 鳥 (bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2406.
- Keyword
- large goose
- RTK frame
- 2406
- Strokes
- 17
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- コウ, ゴウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- おおとり, ひしくい, おおがり
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- large bird, большой гусь
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 鴻 species of wild swan
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 鴻 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “creek” + “bird”. 鴻 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 鴻 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.