凤
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phoenix
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 几 +2
- Structure
- Top enclosure 上包
- Traditional
- 凤
- Common rank
- #763
- Unicode
- U+51E4
Formation & memory
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Words with 凤
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人中龙凤 | a giant among men (idiom) | |
| 宁为鸡头，不为凤尾 | see 寧做雞頭，不做鳳尾|宁做鸡头，不做凤尾[ning4 zuo4 ji1 tou2 , bu4 zuo4 feng4 wei3] | |
| 凤山县 | Fengshan, a county in Hechi City 河池市[He2 chi2 Shi4], Guangxi | |
| 凤山市 | Fengshan city in Taiwan | |
| 金凤区 | Jinfeng, a district of Yinchuan City 銀川市|银川市[Yin2 chuan1 Shi4], Ningxia | |
| 龙生龙，凤生凤 | lit. dragon births dragon, phoenix births phoenix (idiom); fig. the apple doesn't fall far… | |
| 凤城市 | Fengcheng, a county-level city in Dandong City 丹東市|丹东市[Dan1 dong1 Shi4], Liaoning | |
| 凤阳县 | Fengyang, a county in Chuzhou City 滁州市[Chu2 zhou1 Shi4], Anhui | |
| 凤台县 | Fengtai, a county in Huainan City 淮南市[Huai2 nan2 Shi4], Anhui | |
| 龙凤区 | Longfeng, a district of Daqing City 大慶市|大庆市[Da4 qing4 Shi4], Heilongjiang | |
| 来凤县 | Laifeng, a county in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 ji… | |
| 凤眼兰 | water hyacinth | |
| 宁做鸡头，不做凤尾 | lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom); fig. to prefer to be … | |
| 凤头百灵 | (bird species of China) crested lark (Galerida cristata) | |
| 凤县 | Feng County or Fengxian, a county in Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi | |
| 凤尾鱼 | anchovy | |
| 凤山 | see 鳳山縣|凤山县[Feng4 shan1 Xian4] | |
| 望女成凤 | lit. to hope one's daughter becomes a phoenix (idiom); fig. to hope one's daughter is a su… | |
| 金凤 | see 金鳳區|金凤区[Jin1 feng4 Qu1] | |
| 凤体 | (archaic) empress's body; empress's physical condition |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 凡 — compare how they read.