Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 冫 represents the sound.
Components
Simplified (冯)
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嗎 yes or no (trad)媽 mama (trad)瑪 Mary (trad)碼 numeral (trad)罵 scold (trad/jp)螞 leech-hopper (trad)羈 halter (trad)闖 rush (trad)馭 control (trad)馱 carry on back (trad)馳 gallop (trad)馴 tame (trad)駁 refute (trad)駐 be stationed (trad/jp)駑 horse (trad)駒 fleet (trad/jp)駕 drive (trad)駙 extra (trad)駛 maneuver (trad)駝 camel (back end) (trad)
Historical Evolution
馮
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
馮
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
馮
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
馮
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
馮
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
馮
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
馮
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
馮
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
馮
Regular
Modern
Chinese
冯 / 馮 [Féng]
surname Feng
冯 / 馮 [píng]
to gallop; to assist; to attack; to wade; great; old variant of 憑|凭[píng]
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
馬、馮 ば
Ba surname
馮 くあい
Kuai surname
馮 しょう
Shou surname
馮 ひょう
Hyō unclassified name
馮 ひよ
Hiyo surname
馮 ひよう
Hiyou surname
馮 ふう
Fū surname
馮 ふおん
Fuon surname
馮 ふん
Fun surname
馮 ほん
Hon surname
馮 み
Mi surname
CHINESE WORDS (10)
冯玉祥 [FéngYùxiáng] #33,570
Feng Yuxiang (1882-1948), warlord during Republic of China, strongly critical of Chiang Kai-shek
冯友兰 [FéngYǒulán] #39,894
Feng Youlan (1895-1990), distinguished Chinese philosopher
冯骥才 [FéngJìcái] #42,411
Feng Jicai (1942-), novelist from Tianjin, author of Extraordinary people in our ordinary world 俗世奇人
冯梦龙 [FéngMènglóng] #54,482
Feng Menglong (1574-1646), late Ming dynasty novelist writing in colloquial (baihua), author of Stories Old and New 古今小說|古今小说[GǔjīnXiǎoshuō]
冯德英 [FéngDéyīng] #68,140
Feng Deying (1935-), socialist realist novelist, author of Bitter cauliflower 苦菜花[kǔcàihuā] (1954)
冯武 [FéngWǔ] #68,341
Feng Doubo or Feng Wu (1672-), calligrapher of the Ming-Qing transition
暴虎冯河 [bàohǔpínghé] #70,035
lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom)
冯内果 [Féngnèiguǒ]
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007), US writer
冯德莱恩 [Féngdélái'ēn]
Ursula von der Leyen (1958-), German politician, president of the European Commission from 2019
冯窦伯 [FéngDòubó]
Feng Doubo or Feng Wu (1672-), calligrapher of the Ming-Qing transition
JAPANESE WORDS (1)