lěng​fēng

cold front

lěng cold

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
bīng ice

is a component form of .

Sound component
lìng command

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangraːŋʔ
reːŋ
reːŋʔ
Unicodelæ̌ng
læ̌ng

說文解字

《說文》:“冷,寒也。从仌。令聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

fēng point of spear Simplified

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

Sound component
féng, páng resist

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

fēng point of spear Traditional

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

Sound component
féng, páng resist

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartphjowngpʰ(r)oŋpoint of a weapon
Zhengzhangpʰoŋ
Unicodepiong

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica