奉
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to offer (tribute); to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc); to esteem; to revere; to believe in (a religion); to wait upon; to accept orders (from superior)
Formation & memory
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How 奉 is formed
How to remember it
proffer · Heisig RSH #1232
bonsai + cornstalk
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 奉
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奉化区 | Fenghua, a district of Ningbo City 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 Shi4], Zhejiang | |
| 奉新县 | Fengxin, a county in Yichun City 宜春市[Yi2 chun1 Shi4], Jiangxi | |
| 奉节县 | Fengjie, a county in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] | |
| 奉公守法 | to carry out official duties and observe the law | |
| 奉子成婚 | to marry after getting pregnant | |
| 无可奉告 | (idiom) no comment | |
| 奉若神明 | to honor sb as a God (idiom); to revere; to worship; to deify; to make a holy cow of sth; … | |
| 克己奉公 | self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication; to serve the pu… | |
| 奉公克己 | self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication; to serve the pu… | |
| 奉天 | old name for Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳 in modern Liaoning province | |
| 奉化 | see 奉化區|奉化区[Feng4 hua4 Qu1] | |
| 奉行 | to pursue (a course, a policy) | |
| 奉上 | to offer | |
| 奉辛比克党 | Funcinpec (royalist Cambodian political party) | |
| 奉公 | to pursue public affairs | |
| 事奉 | to serve | |
| 奉新 | see 奉新縣|奉新县[Feng4 xin1 Xian4] | |
| 回奉 | to return a compliment; to give a return present | |
| 信奉 | belief; to believe (in sth) | |
| 奉节 | see 奉節縣|奉节县[Feng4 jie2 Xian4] |
Sound family
These characters use 奉 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奉 sound part | to offer, to respect, to server; to receive | |
| 棒 | stick, club; strong, smart; to hit | |
| 埲 | dust storm | |
| 唪 | to recite, to intone, to chant |