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鴻

简鸿 · 繁鴻

Mandarin · pinyin hóng

eastern bean goose
great
large

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鴻: Look up this written character
鸿: hóng · species of wild swan; vast

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2 · hong2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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Cantonese word readings for 鴻. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(literary) swan
(literary) swan goose
(literary, figuratively) letter; epistle; written message
(literary) of great size; big; large; huge
(literary) strong; powerful; energetic

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