Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 風 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (諷)
Simplified (讽)
Notes
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唁 express condolence善 virtuous狺 the snarling of dogs謠 rumor (trad)這 this (trad)信 faith獄 prison (trad/jp)罰 penalize (trad/jp)訂 place an order (trad/jp)訃 obituary (trad/jp)訇 the sound of a crash計 plan (trad/jp)訌 confusion (trad)討 condemn (trad/jp)訓 instruction (trad/jp)訕 slander (trad)訖 stop (trad)託 entrust (trad/jp)記 remember (trad/jp)訚 speak (simp)
Historical Evolution
諷
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
諷
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
諷
Regular
Modern
Chinese
讽 / 諷 [fěng]
to satirize; to mock; to recite; Taiwan pr. [fèng]
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (10)
讽刺 [fěngcì] #3,052
to satirize
嘲讽 [cháofěng] #16,215
to sneer at
讥讽 [jīfěng] #24,308
to satirize
冷嘲热讽 [lěngcháorèfěng] #18,607
frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule
反讽 [fǎnfěng] #39,759
irony
讽喻 [fěngyù] #55,870
parable
借古讽今 [jiègǔfěngjīn] #60,277
to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
仿讽 [fǎngfěng]
parody
讽谏 [fěngjiàn]
(literary) to remonstrate with one's superior tactfully
讽谕 [fěngyù]
variant of 諷喻|讽喻[fěngyù]
JAPANESE WORDS (9)
⭐ 風刺 [ふうし] #54,637
satire
諷する [ふうする] #113,779
to hint
諷誦 [ふうじゅ] #133,765
reciting
諷諫 [ふうかん] #151,146
indirect remonstrance
諷詠 [ふうえい] #231,812
poetic composition
諷経 [ふぎん] #233,039
chanting of the sutras
諷喩 [ふうゆ] #239,121
hint
花鳥諷詠 [かちょうふうえい] #255,340
the beauties of nature and the harmony that exists between it and man (as the key poetic theme of a haiku)
諷歌 [そえうた] #306,820
allegorical form (of waka)
KOREAN WORDS (1)