fēng

signal fire

Components
火 meaning component

  Meaning component

huǒ

  

fire

fire

夆 sound component

  Sound component

féng

  

resist

Evolution

烽 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
烽 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

fēng

signal fire; tower where signal; beacon fire

Most common words with 烽
Freq.
Word
Meaning

烽烟

fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance)

烽火

fire beacon (to give alarm)

beacon fire

息烽

Xifeng county in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Guì​yáng], Guizhou

息烽县

Xifeng county in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Guì​yáng], Guizhou

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3991st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+70FD

Shuowen

“,燧,候表也。邊有警則舉火。从火,逢聲。”


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