懂中文 Dong Chinese

冯

féng, píng

surname

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 冫 represents the sound. Simplified form of 馮.

Components
马 meaning component

马  Meaning component

mǎ

  

horse

冫 sound component

冫  Sound component

bīng

  

ice

冫 is a component form of 冰.

Evolution

冯 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
冯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
冯 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
冯 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
冯 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

冯 (馮) 

féng

surname; gallop; by dint of

冯 (馮) 

Féng

surname Feng

冯 (馮) 

píng

to gallop; to assist; to attack; to wade; great; old variant of 憑|凭[píng]

Most common words with 冯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

冯

to gallop

冯玉祥

Feng Yuxiang (1882-1948), warlord during Republic of China, strongly critical of Chiang Kai-shek

冯友兰

Feng Youlan (1895-1990), distinguished Chinese philosopher

冯骥才

Feng Jicai (1942-), novelist from Tianjin, author of Extraordinary people in our ordinary world 俗世奇人

冯梦龙

Feng Menglong (1574-1646), late Ming dynasty novelist writing in colloquial (baihua), author of Stories Old and New 古今小說|古今小说[Gǔ​jīn​Xiǎo​shuō]