風

風 · fēng

wind; air; manners, atmosphere; Kangxi radical 182

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

wind; air; manners, atmosphere; Kangxi radical 182

Mandarin
fēng
Cantonese
fung1

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese

Readings recorded for 風 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.

Japanese 日本語

Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.

On’yomi · katakana

フウフハンホン

Kun’yomi · hiragana

かぜかざ

Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property

フウ フ ハン ホン かぜ かざ

Korean 한국어

Hanja readings · Hangul

풍

Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.

Reading sources explained
풍
KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kHangul ↗ · provisional property

풍:0E

Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

Character readings · Quốc ngữ

phong

Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kVietnamese ↗ · provisional property

phong

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+98A8
Radical
風 · 182
Strokes
9 · Unihan
Residual
0

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

9 strokes
風
Strokes
9
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

9 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿵𠘨䖝(GJKPV)
⿵𠘨⿱一虫(HT)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 風

Character connections

No reverse component match in this collection.

Component roles · attributed

Source analyses, kept separate from modern IDS. CJKVI labels are not individually verified historical conclusions. Evidence & limits ↗

History & distinctions

Related forms

Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
pjuwng · 方戎 反切 · #17
Middle Chinese
pjuwngH · 方鳳 反切 · #2104

Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.

Source row & reading categories

CSV line 147 · pjuwng = 通開三平東幫 · pjuwngH = 通開三去東幫

Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
fēng
kCantonese
fung1
kDefinition
wind; air; manners, atmosphere; Kangxi radical 182
kTotalStrokes
9
kRSUnicode
182.0
kSimplifiedVariant
U+98CE
kGradeLevel
1

Readings across dictionaries

Hanyu Da Zidian
fēng,fèng,fěng,fèng 74480.010
Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
fēng 0326.061 · fěng 0331.081
Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
fēng粵fung1 fèng粵fung3
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

Reference desk

Sentences in context

Find examples using 風 ↗

The attributed sentence collection is still small; this spelling has no retained example yet.

Study this character

Structure & connections

0.10
530dictionary records using 風0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
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Shape description
𠘨 encloses 䖝 from above · the shape used in China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam
Source notation ^⿵𠘨䖝$(GJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿵𠘨䖝$(GJKPV)

^⿵𠘨⿱一虫$(HT)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.