fēng
adjective #11,491

Meanings

  1. 1 abundant
  2. 2 plentiful
  3. 3 rich (in content)

Examples

Jīnnián shì fēngshōu nián.
This year is a bumper harvest year.
Tā de jīngyàn hěn fēngfù.
His experience is very rich.
Fēngyīzúshí.
Well-fed and well-clothed. (idiom: living in abundance)

Tips

usage
is mainly used in compounds: 丰富 (rich/abundant), 丰收 (bumper harvest), 丰满 (plump/full). Rarely used alone in modern Chinese.

Components

radical
gǔn
vertical stroke; stem
The central vertical is the indexing Kangxi radical, drawn as the stem on which the three horizontals are stacked. It anchors the lookup of in the vertical-stroke family alongside and .
semantic
sān
three; three horizontals
The three horizontals depict stacked rows of grain or leaves on a stalk, picturing abundant growth. In simplified usage absorbs the meaning of 'plentiful, lush'; the layered horizontals enact the visual abundance suggested by 丰收 (bumper harvest) and 丰富.

Stroke Order

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