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俸

fèng
noun #56,294

Meanings

  1. 1 salary; stipend (of an official)

Examples

HSK 7-9
古代官员的俸禄以粮食发放。
Gǔdài guānyuán de fènglù yǐ liángshi fāfàng.
In imperial times an official's salary was paid in grain.
HSK 7-9
他靠微薄的薪俸清白度日。
Tā kào wēibó de xīnfèng qīngbái dùrì.
He lived an honest life on his meager official salary.

Tips

usage
俸 is a bound character meaning official pay. It appears chiefly in 俸禄 ('official's salary') and 薪俸 ('pay/wages'); modern everyday salary is 工资.

Components

radical
亻 rén
person
亻 is the side form of 人 (person). Pay is something a person receives, so the person radical frames this as a human/social term.
phonetic
奉 fèng
to offer; phonetic and meaning
奉 gives the sound fèng directly and also lends meaning: it means 'to offer up with both hands', and a stipend is precisely pay offered to an official.

Stroke Order

俸 fèng