讽
fěng HSK7

recite

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 风 represents the sound. Simplified form of 諷.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

风
风 Sound component
fēng wind

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

諷 fěng recite Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 風 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
風
風 Sound component
fēng wind

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpjuwngHprəm-sto recite
Zhengzhangplums
Unicodebiùng

說文解字

誦也。从言風聲。

Sources

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