鴻
コウ • ゴウ
おおとり • ひしくい • おおがり
large bird; wild goose; large; great; powerful; prosperous
Words
鴻鵠
こうこく
- giant bird n
- great person; magnanimous person; hero n
鴻雁
こうがん
- wild geese; large geese and small geese n poet
燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんや
えんじゃくいずくんぞこうこくのこころざしをしらんや
- only a hero can understand a hero; swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans exp proverb
鴻毛
こうもう
- something extremely light n
- feather of a large bird n
鴻業
こうぎょう
- glorious achievement n