fēng

abundant

Original meaning: 

loud full sound

Depicts a loud "feng feng" () sound coming from a large drum (). Based on the original meaning "loud full sound", which later shifted to "great" and "abundant".

Components
丰 sound component

  Sound component

fēng

  

luxuriant

丰 sound component

  Sound component

fēng

  

luxuriant

壴 iconic component

  Iconic component

zhù

  

drum

Evolution

豐 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
豐 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
豐 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
豐 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
豐 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

fēng

abundant, lush, bountiful, plenty; abundant; plentiful; fertile; plump; great

() 

Fēng

surname Feng

Most common words with 豐
Freq.
Word
Meaning

丰富

rich

buxom

丰满

ample

丰厚

generous

丰盛

rich

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pʰ(r)oŋ

phjowng

fēng

luxuriant, abundant (K)

*pʰ(r)oŋ

phjowng

fēng

luxuriant, abundant (K)

*pʰ(r)oŋ

phjowng

fēng

a kind of ritual vessel

*pʰ(r)oŋ (MC F!)

phjuwng

fēng

kind of ritual vessel


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 14.5443% of movies

1799th most common character in movies

1189th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

18

Simplified

Unicode

U+8C50

Shuowen

“豐,豆之豐滿者也。从豆,象形。一曰鄉飲酒有豐侯者。,古文豐。”


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