féng
verb HSK 7-9 #12,291

Meanings

  1. 1 to meet by chance
  2. 2 to come across
  3. 3 every time (a calendar event comes along)

Examples

HSK 7-9
每逢佳节思亲
Měiféng jiājié bèi sīqīn.
Every festive season, one misses family all the more.
HSK 7-9
逢年过节回家看看
Féngnián-guòjié dōu yào huíjiā kànkan.
You should go home to visit during every holiday.

Tips

usage
is more literary than (to encounter). It often appears in set phrases: 每逢 (every time), 逢年过节 (during holidays), 相逢 (to meet by chance). Rarely used alone in modern speech.

Components

radical
chuò
walk; movement (radical form)
Bottom-left walking radical - the side-form of , a foot at the end of a winding path. The indexing radical, supplying the meaning: is a meeting that happens while you are out and moving, an encounter by chance along the road. The motion radical puts in the come-and-go family alongside meet, pass by, pursue.
phonetic
féng
to meet; peak (here phonetic)
Top-right supplies the sound - féng read straight across with no shift. combines a foot coming down with a flourishing plant, picturing 'reaching the top, coming up against.' That meeting sense lives on directly in . Same phonetic anchors peak, bee, sharp edge.

Stroke Order

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