fèng

offer

Phonosemantic compound. and represent the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
丰 sound component

  Sound component

fēng

  

luxuriant

廾 meaning component

  Meaning component

gǒng

  

two hands

扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

Evolution

奉 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
奉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
奉 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
奉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

fèng

offer; receive; serve; respect; to offer (tribute); to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc); to esteem; to revere; to believe in (a religion); to wait upon; to accept orders (from superior)

Most common words with 奉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

奉献

to consecrate

to esteem

无可奉告

(idiom) "no comment"

信奉

belief

奉命

to receive orders

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Sound component in 5 characters (1 verified)