风
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wind; news; style; custom; manner; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
Formation & memory
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How 风 is formed
How to remember it
wind · Heisig RSH #1168
wind + sheaf — as a component also called: windstorm
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 风
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中国风 | Chinese style; chinoiserie | |
| 大风 | gale; CL:場|场[chang2] | |
| 风化区 | see 紅燈區|红灯区[hong2 deng1 qu1] | |
| 国风 | traditional Chinese style | |
| 风水 | feng shui; geomancy | |
| 文风不动 | variant of 紋風不動|纹风不动[wen2 feng1 bu4 dong4] | |
| 头风 | headache (Chinese medicine) | |
| 风头 | wind direction; the way the wind blows; fig. trend; direction of events; how things develo… | |
| 中风 | to suffer a paralyzing stroke | |
| 学风 | style of study; academic atmosphere; school discipline; school traditions | |
| 马上风 | death during sexual intercourse | |
| 出风头 | to push oneself forward; to seek fame; to be in the limelight; same as 出鋒頭|出锋头[chu1 feng1 … | |
| 拉风 | trendy; eye-catching; flashy | |
| 海风 | sea breeze | |
| 风行一时 | (idiom) to be popular for a while; to be all the rage for a time | |
| 风机 | fan; ventilator | |
| 风力水车 | wind-powered waterwheel | |
| 有风 | windy | |
| 风化 | decency; public morals; to weather (rocks); wind erosion | |
| 风行 | to become fashionable; to catch on; to be popular |
Sound family
These characters use 风 as their sound component — compare how they read.