枫
maple (genus Acer)
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,253 U+67AB
How 枫 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “tree”) + 风 (phonetic, fēng)
How to remember it
maple · Heisig RSH #2538
木 tree + windstorm
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 风
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 风 (fēng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 风 sound component | fēng | wind; air; customs, manners; news |
| 疯 | fēng | crazy, insane, mentally ill |
| 讽 | fěng | sarcastic; to chant, to mock, to ridicule |
| 砜 | fēng | sulfone |
Words containing 枫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 枫香木 | fēng xiāng mù | Chinese sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana) |
| 枫叶国 | Fēng yè guó | (slang) Canada |
| 八角枫 | bā jiǎo fēng | alangium |
| 枫香树 | fēng xiāng shù | Chinese sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana) |
| 枫叶鼠 | fēng yè shǔ | (coll.) winter white dwarf hamster (Phodopus sungorus) |
| 枫木 | fēng mù | maple |
| 枫树 | fēng shù | maple |
| 枫叶 | fēng yè | maple leaf |
| 枫糖 | fēng táng | maple syrup |