fēng

the rape-turnip

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

Sound component
fēng letter

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpoŋ
poŋs
Unicodebiong

說文解字

須從也。从艸封聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica