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楓
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枫
🇨🇳

maple

HSK 10 N1
Nature →Plants →Trees
fēng
フウ
かえで
풍
Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 風 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (楓)
木 tree+ 風 wind =
楓 maple
木 Meaning component
mù tree
風 Phonetic component
wind
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Simplified (枫)
木 tree+ 风 breeze =
枫 maple tree
木 Meaning component
mù tree
风 Phonetic component
fēng breeze
wind
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Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
楓
Regular
Modern
Chinese
枫 / 楓 [fēng]
maple (genus Acer)
Japanese
蛙手 、 鶏冠木 、 楓 かえるで 同音
noun archaic maple (tree)
楓 、 槭樹 かえで 、 カエデ 同音
noun maple (Acer spp.); maple tree
楓 ふう 、 フウ 同音
noun usually kana Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
かえでは秋に赤くなります。
Maples turn red in fall.
Japanese Names
楓 かえ
Kae female given name
楓 かえで
Kaede place namesurnamefemale given name
楓 ふう
Fū female given namesurname
楓 ふわ
Fuwa female given name
楓 めいぷる
Meipuru female given name
楓 もみじ
Momiji female given namesurname
CHINESE WORDS (7)
枫叶 [fēng​yè] #21,498
maple leaf
枫树 [fēng​shù] #22,190
maple
枫木 [fēng​mù] #43,369
maple
八角枫 [bā​jiǎo​fēng] #70,125
alangium
枫糖 [fēng​táng]
maple syrup
枫香木 [fēng​xiāng​mù]
Chinese sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
枫香树 [fēng​xiāng​shù]
Chinese sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
JAPANESE WORDS (31)
楓 [かえで] #17,579
maple (Acer spp.)
黒楓 [くろかえで] #133,253
black maple (Acer nigrum)
観楓 [かんぷう] #168,058
maple-leaf viewing
一葉楓 [ひとつばかえで] #171,447
lime-leaved maple (Acer distylum)
楓葉 [ふうよう] #194,834
maple leaf
楓林 [ふうりん] #212,127
maple grove
砂糖楓 [さとうかえで] #237,909
sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
いろは楓 [いろはかえで]
Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)
とねりこ葉の楓 [とねりこばのかえで]
box elder (Acer negundo)
カエデ糖 [かえでとう]
maple sugar
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