冯

馮
Féng
noun #17,658

Meanings

  1. 1 Feng (surname)
  2. 2 to gallop; to charge

Examples

HSK 5
Féng lǎoshī shì wǒmen de bānzhǔrèn.
Teacher Feng is our class advisor.
HSK 5
Féng Xiǎogāng shì Zhōngguó zhùmíng de diànyǐng dǎoyǎn.
Feng Xiaogang is a famous Chinese film director.

Tips

culture
冯 is one of China's most common surnames, ranking around 27th. Famous bearers: the warlord 冯玉祥, philosopher 冯友兰, filmmaker 冯小刚, and the Ming novelist 冯梦龙.

Components

radical
马 mǎ
horse
Right 马 supplies the sound, linked through the older reading píng of 冯 (still alive in classical Chinese, 'to gallop / wade'). 马 the horse also reinforces that older 'galloping' sense. Today 冯 is overwhelmingly a surname.
semantic
冫 bīng
ice
Left-side ice radical - two short strokes representing frozen droplets, related to but distinct from the three-drop water 氵. Indexes 冯 by the standard Kangxi system. Cold-related kin include 冷 cold, 冻 freeze, 凉 cool. As a surname character, the original semantic load is mostly historical residue.

Stroke Order

冯 Féng