The 夆 family
夆 · féng · ㄈㄥˊ — to butt (as horned animals)
Know 夆 and the readings of 4 more characters follow: 蜂、鋒、峰、逢. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 蜂fēng · ㄈㄥ部首 虫 · insects, wormsbee; wasp83%
- 鋒fēng · ㄈㄥ部首 金 · goldpoint of a spear; edge of a tool83%
- 峰fēng · ㄈㄥ部首 山 · mountain(of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit; mountain-like in appearance83%
- 逢féng · ㄈㄥˊ部首 辶 走之旁 · walkto meet by chance; to come across92%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 夆 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 夆 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 85%.
Words this family builds
- 蜂蜜
- 蜜蜂
- 重逢
- 先鋒
- 山峰
- 高峰
- 頂峰
- 衝鋒
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