逢
to meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along; (of an event) to fall on (a particular day); to fawn upon
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How 逢 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
辶 (semantic, “walk”) + 夆 (phonetic, féng)
components: 辶 夆
How to remember it
chance upon · Heisig RSH #2584
briar + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 夆
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 夆 (féng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夆 sound component | féng | to resist; to headbutt |
| 峰 | fēng | peak, summit; a camel's hump |
| 蜂 | fēng | bee, wasp, hornet |
| 锋 | fēng | spear-point; edge, point, tip |
| 烽 | fēng | beacon, signal fire |
| 埄 | fēng | dust storm; dust in the wind |
Words containing 逢
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人生何处不相逢 | rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng | it's a small world (idiom) |
| 生不逢时 | shēng bù féng shí | born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate); born under an… |
| 逢年过节 | féng nián guò jié | during holidays and festivals; on festive occasions such as New Year |
| 正逢其时 | zhèng féng qí shí | to come at the right time; to be opportune |
| 绝处逢生 | jué chù féng shēng | (idiom) to find a way to survive when everything seems hopeless |
| 逢场作戏 | féng chǎng zuò xì | lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom); to join in the fun; to play along according to… |
| 酒逢知己千杯少 | jiǔ féng zhī jǐ qiān bēi shǎo | a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom); when you're with c… |
| 久别重逢 | jiǔ bié chóng féng | to meet again after a long period of separation |
| 千载难逢 | qiān zǎi nán féng | extremely rare (idiom); once in a blue moon |
| 屋漏偏逢连夜雨 | wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ | when it rains, it pours (idiom) |
| 逢凶化吉 | féng xiōng huà jí | misfortune turns to blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account |
| 适逢其会 | shì féng qí huì | (idiom) to happen to be in the right place at the right time |
| 棋逢对手 | qí féng duì shǒu | to be evenly matched; to meet one's match |
| 逢人便讲 | féng rén biàn jiǎng | to tell anybody one happens to meet |
| 曲意逢迎 | qū yì féng yíng | to bow down to everything sb says or does; to act submissively in order to ingratiate ones… |
| 重逢 | chóng féng | to meet again; to be reunited; reunion |
| 相逢 | xiāng féng | to meet (by chance); to come across |
| 左右逢源 | zuǒ yòu féng yuán | lit. to strike water right and left (idiom); fig. to turn everything into gold; to have ev… |
| 枯木逢春 | kū mù féng chūn | lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom); fig. to get a new lease on life; to be… |
| 逢集 | féng jí | market day |