讽
to satirize; to mock; to recite; Taiwan pr. [feng4]
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,130 U+8BBD
How 讽 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
讠 (semantic, “speech”) + 风 (phonetic, fēng)
How to remember it
mock · Heisig RSH #1169
words + 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 |
| 枫 | fēng | maple tree |
| 砜 | fēng | sulfone |
Words containing 讽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 借古讽今 | jiè gǔ fěng jīn | to use the past to disparage the present (idiom) |
| 反讽 | fǎn fěng | irony; to satirize |
| 冷嘲热讽 | lěng cháo rè fěng | frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule |
| 讽刺 | fěng cì | to satirize; to mock; irony; satire; sarcasm |
| 仿讽 | fǎng fěng | parody |
| 讽喻 | fěng yù | parable; allegory; satire |
| 讽谏 | fěng jiàn | (literary) to remonstrate with one's superior tactfully |
| 讽谕 | fěng yù | variant of 諷喻|讽喻[feng3 yu4] |
| 嘲讽 | cháo fěng | to sneer at; to ridicule; to taunt |
| 讥讽 | jī fěng | to satirize; to ridicule; to mock |