丰
fēng HSK3

luxuriant

Depicts a growing plant with leaves.

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
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (5 of 7 verified)

Iconic (2)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰoŋ

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

豐 abundant 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

丰
丰 Sound component
fēng luxuriant
丰
丰 Sound component
fēng luxuriant
壴
壴 Iconic component
zhù drum

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartphjowngpʰ(r)oŋ luxuriant, abundant (K)
phjowngpʰ(r)oŋ luxuriant, abundant (K)
phjowngpʰ(r)oŋ a kind of ritual vessel
phjuwngpʰ(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