fēng
abundant
Original meaning:
loud full sound
Depicts a loud "feng feng" (丰) sound coming from a large drum (壴). Based on the original meaning "loud full sound", which later shifted to "great" and "abundant".
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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 |
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 14.5443% of movies
1799th most common character in movies
1189th most common character in books
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。” |