Chinese Character Wiki

蜂

fēng

bee

Components
虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

insect

夆 sound component

夆  Sound component

féng

  

resist

Evolution

蜂 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蜂  

fēng

bee, wasp, hornet; bee; wasp

蜂 (䗬) 

fēng

variant of 蜂[fēng]

蜂 (蠭) 

fēng

old variant of 蜂[fēng]

Most common words with 蜂
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蜜蜂

bee

蜂蜜

honey

蜂

bee

黄蜂

wasp

蜂窝

bee's nest

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pʰ(r)oŋ

phjowng

fēng

bee


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 7.2081% of movies

1739th most common character in movies

1912th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+8702


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