nuǎn​fēng

warm front

nuǎn warm

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
sun
Sound component
yuán pull, draw, lead on

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangnoːnʔ
Unicodenuɑ̌n

Sources

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

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