楓
fēng

maple tree

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 風 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
風
風 Sound component
fēng wind

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangplum
Unicodebiung

說文解字

木也。厚葉弱枝，善搖。一名欇。从木風聲。

Sources

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

枫 fēng, fán maple tree Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 风 represents the sound. Simplified form of 楓.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
风
风 Sound component
fēng wind

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode