逢 féng to meet by chance; to come across; to fawn upon
Made up of [辶 chuò walking radical 162]Made with 11 strokes.
The 'walking' radical gives idea of chance meeting, the right hand part is the phonetic 'feng'
Related characters
Also uses 辶 chuò component: 边 biān (side) 道 dào (road) 过 guò (past) 还 hái (still) 进 jìn (to advance) 近 jìn (near) 连 lián (to link) 辽 liáo (distant) 迷 mí (to bewilder) 谜 mí (riddle) 通 tōng (open) 迎 yíng (welcome) 遇 yù (to meet) 远 yuǎn (far) 运 yùn (to move) 这 zhè (this)
Different tone
风 fēng (wind) 丰 fēng 封 fēng (to confer) 凤 fèng (phoenix)Pronunciation
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Proverbs
逢奸宁可玉碎,气正不求瓦全 féng jiān nìng kě yù suì, qì zhèng bù qiú wǎ quán It is better to die with honor than surrender屋漏偏逢连夜雨 wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ Misfortunes tend to come all at once
月到中秋分外明, 每逢佳节倍思亲 yuè dào zhōng qiū fèn wài míng, měi féng jiā jié bèi sī qīn Longing to see family from far away