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鋒
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
锋
🇨🇳

cutting edge

HSK 10
Objects →Tools →Weapons
fēng
ホウ
きっさき、とかり、ほこさき
봉
Components
Traditional (鋒)
釒 kangxi+ 夆 resist =
鋒 cutting edge
釒 Meaning component
jīn kangxi
metal
metal
夆 Phonetic component
féng resist
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Simplified (锋)
钅 metal 🇨🇳+ 夆 resist =
锋 point of spear
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal 🇨🇳
metal
metal
夆 Phonetic component
féng resist
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Notes
Similar Characters
欽 think highly of (trad)釗 endeavor (trad)釣 angle (trad/jp)釦 clasp (trad)釧 bracelet (trad)釩 vanadium (trad)釵 ornamental (trad)釺 tool for boring holes (trad)鈀 palladium (trad)鈄 Wine A Wine Flagon (trad)鈆 lead (archaic) (trad)鈉 sodium (trad)鈍 obtuse (trad/jp)鈎 barb (trad)鈔 paper money (trad)鈕 push button (trad)鈞 30 catties (trad)鈣 calcium (trad)鈦 titanium (trad)鈬 bell (iii)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鋒
Regular
Modern
Chinese
锋 / 鋒 [fēng]
point of a spear; edge of a tool; vanguard; forward (in sports team)
Japanese
矛 、 鉾 、 戈 、 鋒 、 戟 、 桙 、 槍 ほこ 、 とかり 同音

noun

  1. long-handled Chinese spear; lance; pike
  2. weapon; arms
  3. grip of a bow
  4. abbrev. parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
切っ先 、 鋒 、 切先 (irreg.) 、 切尖 (rare) きっさき 、 ほう 同音

noun

  1. point (of a sword, etc.)
  2. pointed verbal attack
矛先 、 鉾先 (rare) 、 鋒 (rare) ほこさき 同音

noun

  1. point of a spear; spearhead
  2. focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; target; brunt
  3. force (of an argument); edge
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鋒 たかほこ
Takahoko surname
鋒 とがり
Togari surname
鋒 ほこさき
Hokosaki surname
CHINESE WORDS (47)
前锋 [qián​fēng] #14,440
vanguard
锋利 [fēng​lì] #8,908
sharp (e.g. knife blade)
先锋 [xiān​fēng] #14,796
vanguard
刀锋 [dāo​fēng] #10,843
cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool
交锋 [jiāo​fēng] #19,744
to cross swords
中锋 [zhōng​fēng] #22,850
midfielder
冲锋 [chōng​fēng] #17,068
to charge
雷锋 [Léi​Fēng] #47,524
Lei Feng (1940-1962), made into a model of altruism and dedication to the Party by propaganda from 1963 onwards
冲锋枪 [chōng​fēng​qiāng] #16,141
submachine gun
针锋相对 [zhēn​fēng​xiāng​duì] #18,238
to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat
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JAPANESE WORDS (16)
切っ先 [きっさき] #8,983
point (of a sword, etc.)
⭐ 矛先 [ほこさき] #10,714
point of a spear
穂先 [ほさき] #20,267
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.)
⭐ 矛 [ほこ] #20,744
long-handled Chinese spear
先鋒 [せんぽう] #22,115
advance guard
舌鋒 [ぜっぽう] #56,433
sharp tongue
急先鋒 [きゅうせんぽう] #61,543
van (of a movement)
次鋒 [じほう] #77,249
second athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
鋭鋒 [えいほう] #86,480
brunt of attack or argument
舌鋒鋭い [ぜっぽうするどい] #95,077
sharp (tongue, criticism, etc.)
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KOREAN WORDS (1)
선봉대
vanguard; spearhead