Simplified
Simplified
Depicts a growing plant with leaves.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | pʰoŋ |
說文解字
《說文》：“丰，艸盛丰丰也。从生，上下達也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Traditional
Pictograph of an old person with long hair using a cane to walk.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | drjang | Cə-[N]-traŋ | long (adj.) |
| trjangX | traŋʔ | grow; elder |
說文解字
《說文》：“長，久遠也。从兀，从匕。兀者，高遠意也。久則變化。亾聲。●者倒亾也。，古文長；，亦古文長。”
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)
Traditional
Original meaning: loud full sound
Depicts a loud "feng feng" (丰) sound coming from a large drum (壴). Based on the original meaning "loud full sound", which later shifted to "great" and "abundant".
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | phjowng | pʰ(r)oŋ | luxuriant, abundant (K) |
| phjowng | pʰ(r)oŋ | luxuriant, abundant (K) | |
| phjowng | pʰ(r)oŋ | a kind of ritual vessel | |
| phjuwng | pʰ(r)oŋ (MC F!) | kind of ritual vessel |
說文解字
《說文》：“豐，豆之豐滿者也。从豆，象形。一曰鄉飲酒有豐侯者。，古文豐。”
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)