Chinese Character Wiki
夆

féng

resist

Original meaning: 

to meet

Phonosemantic compound. 夂 represents a foot coming from the opposite direction and 丰 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "to meet", now written as 逢.

Components
夂 iconic component

夂  Iconic component

zhǐ

  

go

Depicts a foot coming from the opposite direction.

丰 sound component

丰  Sound component

fēng

  

luxuriant

Evolution

夆 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
夆 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
夆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

夆  

féng

resist; to butt (as horned animals)

Component uses

Sound component in 7 characters (0 verified)

峰 鋒 锋 蜂 逢 烽 埄

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+5906

Shuowen

“夆，牾也。从夊，聲。讀若縫。”


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