烽燧
fēng​suì

beacon tower

烽 fēng signal fire

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire

fire

夆
夆 Sound component
féng, páng resist

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰoŋ
Unicodepiong

Sources

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

燧 suì flintstone

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire

fire

遂
遂 Sound component
suì comply with

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangljuds
Unicodezuì

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang