■ radical

fèng

male phoenix

How it’s built

Simplified form of 鳳. Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 凡 represents the sound. Originally a pictograph of a mythical Chinese bird, similar to a phoenix. Later the phonetic component 凡 was added.

又

simplified

(hand); again — Shorthand for the 鳥 component in the traditional character 鳳.

凡

sound

(plate); ordinary; commonplace

Through the ages

Oracle bone script

Bronze script

Seal script

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