鳳

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phoenix

On-Yomi: ホウ

Koohii stories:

1) [aircawn] 26-10-2007(38): Souring in the winds there is only one bird left. The phoenix. It scorched the other birds, never to return…

2) [dukelexon] 26-1-2010(17): (The extra stroke combines with white in the bird component to make a hundred-year-old bird) The Phoenix – the bird made famous in myth, that after it reaches hundreds of years of age, is reborn and rises again on the wind.

3) [Raichu] 24-4-2008(15): The famed Ho-oh rides the wind above all other birds. 鳳 appears to refer to the male bird, while 凰 refers to the female, presumably one whose beauty is coveted by emperors. (The generic word Ho-oh is the compound 鳳凰 . Note that technically this is not the Phoenix but shares some similarities.).

4) [astridtops] 31-12-2006(6): The phoenix is a legendary bird, that when the ceiling of its existence is reached, goes up in the flames of spontaneous combustion. However, when his ashes are thrown into the wind, the phoenix will be reborn.

5) [mantixen] 14-2-2007(4): The phoenix is a bird that can reach the ceiling of the wind.

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