fēng

abundant

Original meaning: 

ceremonial vessel

Depicts a decoration () and a drum () used for ceremonial purposes. Original form of (gift; ceremony).

Components
玨 iconic component

  Iconic component

jué

  

two pieces of jade joined together

壴 iconic component

  Iconic component

zhù

  

drum

Evolution

豊 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
豊 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
豊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
豊 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

abundant, lush, bountiful, plenty; ceremonial vessel; variant of |[lǐ]

 

fēng

variant of |[fēng]

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sound component in 6 characters (2 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[r]ˤijʔ

lejX

ritual vessel


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

9757th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+8C4A

Shuowen

“豊,行禮之器也。从豆,象形。讀與禮同。”


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