懂中文 Dong Chinese

諷

fěng

recite

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

Components
言 meaning component

言  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

風 sound component

風  Sound component

fēng

  

wind

Evolution

諷 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

讽 (諷) 

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