鴻鵠

こうこく

Meanings

1. Noun large bird See also: 燕雀 (えんじゃく).
2. great person; magnanimous person; hero See also: 燕雀 (えんじゃく).

Kanji

• 鴻 large bird; wild goose; large. Read as コウ.
• 鵠 swan. Read as コク.

Words containing 鴻鵠

• 燕雀鴻鵠 (えんじゃくこうこく) how can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix)
• 燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんや (えんじゃくいずくんぞこうこくのこころざしをしらんや) only a hero can understand a hero

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