豊
lǐfēng

abundant

Original meaning: ceremonial vessel

Depicts a decoration (玨) and a drum (壴) used for ceremonial purposes. Original form of 禮 (gift; ceremony).

Components

玨
玨 Iconic component
jué two pieces of jade joined together
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 玨 than it was in ancient scripts.
壴
壴 Iconic component
zhù drum
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 壴 than it was in ancient scripts.

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
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 6 verified)

體澧醴鳢鱧禮

Meaning (1)

禮

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlejX[r]ˤijʔ ritual vessel

說文解字

《說文》：“豊，行禮之器也。从豆，象形。讀與禮同。”

Sources

Character origin
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)