Save Gender Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 鸿章, 洪章, 宏章, etc.(Chinese) 鴻章, 洪章, 宏章, etc.(Traditional Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /xʊŋ.ʈ͡ʂɑŋ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 鸿 (hóng) meaning "wild swan, great, vast", 洪 (hóng) meaning "flood, deluge" or 宏 (hóng) meaning "wide, spacious, great, vast" combined with 章 (zhāng) meaning "chapter". Other character combinations can form this name as well.