Memory phrase for the character: 锋

锋

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Meaning

point of a spear, edge of a tool, vanguard

Pronunciation

fēng

Explanation

Left: metal 钅/金 (covered in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: sharp 夆 (sitting cross-legged 夂 on the top of growing plant 丰, like 'bee' 蜂)

Mnemonic


 
This metal is sharp on the top: The point/edge or vanguard.

Radicals

金 gold, metalThis radical is always on the left side of a character.
夆 pointed, sharpsitting cross-legged 夂 on top of growing plant 丰, like at 'bee' 蜂




 Vocabulary

雷锋 Léi Fēng  Lei Feng (1940-1962), young communist killed in an accident in 1962, used as a model in one of Mao's campaigns from 1963
锋芒 fēng máng  tip (of pencil, spear etc); sharp point; cutting edge; spearhead; vanguard
谢霆锋 Xiè Tíng fēng  Tse Ting-Fung or Nicholas Tse (1980-), cantopop star
 


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