冯
píngFéng

surname

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 冫 represents the sound. Simplified form of 馮.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
冫
冫 Sound component
bīng ice

冫 is a component form of 冰.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

馮 surname Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 冫 represents the sound.

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
冫
冫 Sound component
bīng ice

冫 is a component form of 冰.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

憑

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbing[b]rəŋfull, solid; lean on
bjuwng[Cə.b]əŋFéng (surname)
Zhengzhangbrɯŋ
bɯŋ
Unicodebhiung

說文解字

馬行疾也。从馬冫聲。

Sources

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