Meaning
wind; news; style; custom; manner
Chinese: 风、风气、风格或消息。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “feng” becomes a different word in each tone. 风 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 一路顺风yī lù shùn fēngto have a pleasant journey (idiom)
- 风险fēng xiǎnrisk; hazard
- 风格fēng géstyle
- 风景fēng jǐngscenery; landscape
- 风俗fēng súsocial custom
Example Sentence
今天风很大，记得多穿衣服。Jīn tiān fēng hěn dà, jì de duō chuān yī fu.It is windy today; remember to wear more clothes.
今天Jīn tiāntoday风fēngwind很hěnvery大dàbig，记得jì deto remember多duōmany穿衣chuān yīto put on clothes服fuclothes。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
Simplified from 風. The old character paired a phonetic part with 虫 (insect), from an ancient idea that the wind stirs living things into being. It means ‘wind’.
A way to remember it
A billowing frame with a swirl inside — wind on the move.
Easy to confuse with
- 凤‘Phoenix’: the same outer frame, but with 鸟-like strokes inside instead of a swirl.