Kanji N1

鳳: male mythical bird

鳳 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning male mythical bird, written with 14 strokes. It is read ホウ, フウ (on), and has no common kun reading. It is not a jōyō kanji; you will meet it mostly in names. You will see it in 鳳凰 (ほうおう, Chinese firebird).

鳳

Meanings

  • male mythical bird
Strokes14
JLPT levelN1
School gradeName kanji
Frequency#2163 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ホウ
  • フウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • None in common use

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 14. Start at the dot.

Common words with 鳳

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 鳳凰ほうおう

    Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix

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Sources

Stroke order
KanjiVG (opens in a new tab) © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0
Readings and meanings
KANJIDIC2 (opens in a new tab) © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0
Words
JMdict (opens in a new tab) © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0
JLPT levels
Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk) (opens in a new tab) CC BY
Word cards
JMdict (opens in a new tab), KANJIDIC2 (opens in a new tab), Tatoeba (opens in a new tab) CC BY 2.0 FR

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