swan
鵠 is an 18 stroke, traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as hú in the second tone, however it can also be pronounced as gǔ.
In simplified Chinese the character 鹄 is used.
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Pronunciation
We found 2 pronunciations for 鵠
Definitions for 鵠 pronounced as hú
- swan
Definitions for 鵠 pronounced as gǔ
- center or bull's eye of an archery target (old)
- goal
- target
Vocabulary
The most common words for 鵠 — see all
- swan
- person with noble aspirations
- lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)
- fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
- lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?