冯骥才
Féng Jì​cái

Feng Jicai

冯 féng, píng surname Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 冫 represents the sound. Simplified form of 馮.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
冫
冫 Sound component
bīng ice

冫 is a component form of 冰.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

骥 jì thoroughbred horse Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 冀 represents the sound. Simplified form of 驥.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
冀
冀 Sound component
jì hope for

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

才 cái, cai talent

Original meaning: wooden post

Originally a pictograph of a wooden post, similar to 弋. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
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Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (8)

在存财材豺財𢦏𢦔

Simplified (1)

团

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzoj[dz]ˤə talent, ability

說文解字

《說文》：“才，艸木之初也。从丨上貫一，將生枝葉。一，地也。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.495-496漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

馮 surname Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 冫 represents the sound.

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
冫
冫 Sound component
bīng ice

冫 is a component form of 冰.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

憑

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbing[b]rəŋfull, solid; lean on
bjuwng[Cə.b]əŋFéng (surname)
Zhengzhangbrɯŋ
bɯŋ
Unicodebhiung

說文解字

馬行疾也。从馬冫聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

驥 thoroughbred horse Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 冀 represents the sound.

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
冀
冀 Sound component
jì hope for

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkrɯls
Unicodegyì

說文解字

千里馬也，孫陽所相者。从馬冀聲。天水有驥縣。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)