fēng

(same as 烽) a conical brick-structure in which to light a beacon

Evolution

㷭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
㷭 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
㷭 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Definitions

 

(same as ) a conical brick-structure in which to light a beacon; (in ancient China) a tall structure (on a city wall, etc.) where fire was made to signal enemy invasion or presence of bandits

 

fēng

old variant of [fēng]

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Unicode

U+3DED

Shuowen

“,燧,候表也。邊有警則舉火。从火,逢聲。”


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