諷 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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fěng

recite

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 風 represents the sound.

Components

言 Meaning component

yán

speech

風 Sound component

fēng

wind

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

fěng

recite, incant; satirize; to satirize; to mock; to recite; Taiwan pr. [fèng]

Most common words with 諷

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	讽刺	to satirize
	嘲讽	to sneer at
	讥讽	to satirize
	冷嘲热讽	frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule
	讽	to mock

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*prəm-s	pjuwngH	fèng	to recite

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 11.1645% of movies

2026th most common character in movies

2322nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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