Kanji 鳳 Words: Meanings and Readings

法蓮草

ほうれんそう

spinach

鳳凰

ほうおう

Chinese firebird

き鳳鏡

きほうきょう

intricately inscribed ancient bronze or iron mirror featuring a pair of firebirds

き鳳文

きほうもん

inscription of a fantastic birdlike creature found on Yin and Zhou dynasty bronze ware

ほうおう座

ほうおうざ

Phoenix (constellation)

臥竜鳳雛

がりょうほうすう

gifted young person who shows much promise

岩沢瀉

いわおもだか

Pyrrosia tricuspis (species of felt fern)

黒揚羽

くろあげは

spangle (species of black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor)

深山金鳳花

みやまきんぽうげ

meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris var. nipponicus)

天和

テンホー

blessing of heaven

白鳳

はくほう

white Chinese phoenix

白鳳時代

はくほうじだい

Hakuhō period (esp. used as a period of art history, approx. 645-710 CE)

伏竜鳳雛

ふくりょうほうすう

gifted young person who shows much promise

鳳

ほう

feng (male Chinese firebird)

鳳駕

ほうが

imperial carriage

鳳閣

ほうかく

Ministry of Central Affairs (under the ritsuryō system)

鳳管

ほうかん

sho (Japanese free reed musical instrument)

鳳雛

ほうすう

gifted young person who shows much promise

鳳声

ほうせい

verbal message

鳳仙花

ほうせんか

(garden) balsam

鳳梨

ほうり

pineapple

鳳楼

ほうろう

tower crowned by a representation of the Chinese firebird

鳳凰貝

ほうおうがい

Vulsella vulsella (species of clam)

鳳凰丸

ほうおうまる

Hōō Maru (Western-style Japanese frigate, launched in 1853)

鳳凰竹

ほうおうちく

Bambusa multiplex var. elegans (variety of hedge bamboo)

鳳凰文

ほうおうもん

Chinese phoenix pattern

鳳凰木

ほうおうぼく

royal poinciana (Delonix regia)

鳳笙

ほうしょう

shō (Japanese free reed musical instrument)

鳳翅鐘

ほうしとう

wing-rings (weapon)

鳳輦

ほうれん

imperial carriage

毛茛

きんぽうげ

buttercup (Ranunculus japonicus)

揚羽擬

あげはもどき

mock swallowtail butterfly moth (Epicopeia hainesii)

揚羽蝶

あげはちょう

swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)

凰

おおとり

fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)

麝香揚羽

じゃこうあげは

Chinese windmill (species of red-bodied swallowtail butterfly, Atrophaneura alcinous)