夆
féng

resist

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Original meaning: to meet

Phonosemantic compound. 夂 represents a foot coming from the opposite direction and 丰 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "to meet", now written as 逢.

Components

夂
夂 Iconic component
zhǐ, zhōng go

Depicts a foot coming from the opposite direction.

丰
丰 Sound component
fēng luxuriant

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰoŋ
boŋ
ɡaːds

說文解字

《說文》：“夆，牾也。从夊，聲。讀若縫。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫劉興隆《新编甲骨文字典》p.332
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)