Taxonomy of meanings for 鴻:　　

  • 鴻 hóng (OC: ɡooŋ MC: ɦuŋ) 戸戶公切 平 廣韻：【詩傳云大曰鴻小曰鴈又姓左傳衞大夫鴻聊魋 】
    • BIRDS
      • nadNswan-like
      • ncca kind of wild swan, swan-goose
      • specific>GOOSE
        • ngoose??????????
  • 鴻 hòng (OC: ɡooŋʔ MC: ɦuŋ) 胡孔切 上 廣韻：【鴻濛又音紅 】

    Additional information about 鴻

    說文解字: 【鴻】，鴻鵠也。从鳥、江聲。 【戶工切】

      Criteria
    • GREAT

      1. The most general word for awe-inspiring greatness and significance is wěi 偉 (ant. 眇 / 渺 "trifling").

      2. Dà 大 (ant. xiǎo 小 "insignificant") is often used to refer to generally recognised awe-inspiring status (for example of a king etc) rather than mere size.

      3. Hóng 弘 and jù 巨 (ant. xì 細 ) are stylistically marked strong words to use for the greatness of something. See IMPORTANT

      4. Hóng 鴻 refers to greatness as essentially linked to immense size.

      5 Kǒng 孔 is an archaic word referring to immensity, numerousness as well as remarkable intensity of something.

      Word relations
    • Ant: (GREAT)細/SMALL Xì 細 (ant. jù 巨 "enormous") is sometimes used to refer to something being small or of slight importance. See TENUOUS
    • Epithet: (GREAT)才 / 材/TALENT The standard word for an unusual promising ability to perform important future tasks of any kind is cái 才／材, and the talents referred to by this word do not need to be of a "higher" kind.
    • Assoc: (GREAT)深 / 深/DEEP The dominant current general word for anything deep in any sense is shēn 深 (ant. qiǎn 淺"shallow").