夆

夆 U+5906, 夆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5906 ← 夅 [U+5905] CJK Unified Ideographs 备 → [U+5907]

夆 U+2F85C, 夆 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F85C ← 壷 [U+2F85B] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 多 → [U+2F85D]

Translingual

Han character

夆 (Kangxi radical 34, 夂+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹水手十 (HEQJ), four-corner 2750₄, composition ⿱夂丰)

1. resist

Derived characters

• 蜂, 捀, 逢, 𠉏, 髼, 㛔, 䀱, 𧧽, 韸, 捀, 䴶, 䏺, 𦜁, 𣇔, 鋒(锋), 琒, 浲, 烽, 㶻, 桻, 莑, 𩡇, 𥭗, 綘, 𥹾, 埄, 峯, 峰, 𧚋, 𩊩, 𪔞, 𢈦, 𢓱, 𢌢, 艂, 𥍮. 㸼, 𧋴, 𧒒, 𡨛, 𤖀

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 244, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5698
• Dae Jaweon: page 485, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 868, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5906

• Unihan data for U+2F85C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		夆

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丰) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
邦	*proːŋ
梆	*proːŋ
垹	*proːŋ
肨	*pʰroːŋs, *pʰroːŋs
蚌	*broːŋʔ, *breːŋʔ
玤	*broːŋʔ
棒	*broːŋʔ
蜯	*broːŋʔ
琫	*poːŋʔ
菶	*poːŋʔ, *boːŋʔ
俸	*poːŋʔ, *boŋs
髼	*boːŋ
蜂	*boːŋ, *pʰoŋ
韸	*boːŋ
蓬	*boːŋ
篷	*boːŋ
唪	*boːŋʔ, *boŋʔ
埲	*boːŋʔ
丰	*pʰoŋ
妦	*pʰoŋ
仹	*pʰoŋ
峯	*pʰoŋ
峰	*pʰoŋ
鋒	*pʰoŋ
烽	*pʰoŋ
蠭	*pʰoŋ
桻	*pʰoŋ
莑	*pʰoŋ
夆	*pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds
捧	*pʰoŋʔ
逢	*boŋ
縫	*boŋ, *boŋs
漨	*boŋ
捀	*boŋ, *boŋs
奉	*boŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds) : semantic 夂 (“footprint pointing down, walk”) + phonetic 丰 (OC *pʰoŋ, “bush, brush”) – to meet. According to Ji Xushen (季旭昇), a foot walking through brush, which resists being moved through.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): féng (feng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ / fung⁴

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: féng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fóng
    • Wade–Giles: fêng²
    • Yale: féng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ferng
    • Palladius: фэн (fɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fung¹ / fung⁴
    • Yale: fūng / fùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ / fung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ / fung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵/, /fʊŋ²¹/

---

• Middle Chinese: bjowng

Rime
Character	夆
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	符容切
Baxter	bjowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/bioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/bioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buawŋ/
Li Rong	/bioŋ/
Wang Li	/bĭwoŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	féng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*boŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	夆
Reading #	2/3
No.	3237
Phonetic component	丰
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	逢
Old Chinese	/*boŋ/

Definitions

夆

1. to meet

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páng (pang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: páng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: páng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻang²
    • Yale: páng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parng
    • Palladius: пан (pan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ³⁵/

Definitions

夆

1. a surname

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hŏng / hông

---

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hŏng
    • Tâi-lô: hőng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ³⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông
    • Tâi-lô: hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoong
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³/

Definitions

夆

1. Contraction of 予儂／予侬 (hō͘ lâng, literally “by person”)
   1. precedes a verb to indicate the passive voice

      雄蜂干焦佮后蜂交尾，煞矣可能就會因為食物無夠hőng趕出巢外。 [Hokkien, trad.]
      雄蜂干焦佮后蜂交尾，煞矣可能就会因为食物无够hőng赶出巢外。 [Hokkien, simp.]

      From: 2020, 環境資訊中心, "【蠻野講堂】台語棲地復育系列座談─植物ê媒人：蜂、蝴蝶佮蛾仔"

      Hêng-phang kan-ta kah hiō-phang kau-bóe, soah ah khó-lêng tiō ē in-ūi chia̍h-mi̍h bô-kàu hőng kóaⁿ-chhut siū-gōa. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

      A male bee only copulate with the queen bee, and he may be banished from the honeycomb because of insufficient food after that.

   2. be ... [passive voice of a verb] by a person/people

      舊年的香港反送中事件，有幾若千人hőng掠去。 [Hokkien, trad.]
      旧年的香港反送中事件，有几若千人hőng掠去。 [Hokkien, simp.]

      From: 2020, 公視新聞網 PNN, "反送中人士指控 懲教所人員對ﰀ起跤動手"

      Kū-nî ê Hiang-káng hoán-sàng-tiong sū-kiāⁿ, iú kúi-nā chheng lâng hőng lia̍h--khì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

      On the anti-extradition law amendment bill incident last year, there was several thousands of people being arrested by people.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 夆 – see 豐 (“luxuriant; lush; abundant; bountiful; plenty; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 豐).

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 夆 – see 鋒 (“pointed edge; cutting edge; vanguard; pioneer; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 鋒).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 夆 – see 蜂 (“Apoidea or Vespa; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 蜂).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 6

For pronunciation and definitions of 夆 – see 峰 (“peak; summit; hump; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 峰).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 7

For pronunciation and definitions of 夆 – see 烽 (“signal fire; the tower where such a signal fire is lit”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 烽).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

夆

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. resist

Readings

• On (unclassified): ほう (hō)、ふ (fu)、ば (ba)
• Kun: さからう (sakarau, 夆らう)、ひく (hiku, 夆く)、あう (au, 夆う)、あつい (atsui, 夆い)

Korean

Hanja

夆 • (bong) (hangeul 봉, revised bong, McCune–Reischauer pong)

1. chisel
2. to pull
3. to guide, lead