懂中文 Dong Chinese

風

fēng

wind

Originally written the same as 鳳 (phoenix) because the two characters sounded the same. Later the bottom part of the character was abbreviated to distinguish the two characters.

Components
凡 sound component

凡  Sound component

fán

  

all

鳳 remnant component

鳳  Remnant component

fèng

  

male phoenix

Abbreviated remnant of 鳳, originally a pictograph of a mythical bird. Later reanalyzed as 虫.

Evolution

風 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
風 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
風 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

风 (風) 

fēng

wind; air; manners, atmosphere; news; style; custom; manner; CL:陣|阵[zhèn],絲|丝[sī]

Most common words with 風
Freq.
Word
Meaning

风

wind

风险

risk

风格

style

风景

scenery

风暴

storm

Component uses

Meaning component in 10 characters (2 verified)

颱 颳 飄 嵐 飆 颶 颼 颯 颻 颭

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

瘋 諷 楓