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枫

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maple (genus Acer)

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Strokes
8
Radical
木 +4
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
楓
Common rank
#3,253
Unicode
U+67AB

Formation & memory

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How 枫 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 meaning “tree” + 风 sound ( fēng )

Components 木 风

How to remember it

maple · Heisig RSH #2538

木 tree + windstorm

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 枫

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
枫香木 fēng xiāng mù Chinese sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
枫叶国 Fēng yè guó (slang) Canada
八角枫 bā jiǎo fēng alangium
枫香树 fēng xiāng shù Chinese sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
枫叶鼠 fēng yè shǔ (coll.) winter white dwarf hamster (Phodopus sungorus)
枫木 fēng mù maple
枫树 fēng shù maple
枫叶 fēng yè maple leaf
枫糖 fēng táng maple syrup

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 风 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
风 sound part fēng wind; air; customs, manners; news
疯 fēng crazy, insane, mentally ill
讽 fěng sarcastic; to chant, to mock, to ridicule
砜 fēng sulfone