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烽
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signal fire

HSK 10
Nature →Elements
fēng
ホウ
のろし、とぶひ
봉
Components
火 fire+ 夆 resist =
烽 signal fire
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
fire, flame
fire
夆 Phonetic component
féng resist
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Notes
Similar Characters
光 ray叟 man堇 yellow尉 officer灭 wipe (simp)灰 ashes灷 tinder災 disaster (trad/jp)灾 disaster (simp)炎 inflammation炏 flame烦 bother (simp)煩 vexed (trad/jp)票 ticket秋 autumn赤 crimson伙 mate (simp)狄 tribe from northern china钬 element (simp)尞 burnt offering
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
烽
Regular
Modern
Chinese
烽 [fēng]
beacon fire
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (15)
烽烟 [fēng​yān] #56,942
fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance)
烽火 [fēng​huǒ] #51,340
fire beacon (to give alarm)
息烽 [Xī​fēng] #44,038
Xifeng county in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Guì​yáng], Guizhou
息烽县 [Xī​fēng​xiàn] #44,158
Xifeng county in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Guì​yáng], Guizhou
息烽县 [Xī​fēng​xiàn] #44,158
Xifeng county in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Guì​yáng], Guizhou
烽燧 [fēng​suì] #55,084
fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night)
烽火四起 [fēng​huǒ​sì​qǐ] #68,889
the fire of war in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
克孜尔尕哈烽火台 [Kè​zī​'ěr​gǎ​hā​fēng​huǒ​tái]
Kizilgaha fire beacon tower in Kuchar county 庫車|库车, Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, Xinjiang
克孜尔尕哈烽火台 [Kè​zī​'ěr​gǎ​hā​fēng​huǒ​tái]
Kizilgaha fire beacon tower in Kuchar county 庫車|库车, Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, Xinjiang
烽烟四起 [fēng​yān​sì​qǐ]
lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
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JAPANESE WORDS (3)
狼煙 [のろし] #26,364
beacon
狼煙を上げる [のろしをあげる]
to start a signal fire
烽煙 [ほうえん]
smoke signals
KOREAN WORDS (1)
봉화
beacon