烽

fēng

f+ēng·1st tone

beacon fire

Radical: 火 Strokes: 11

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Level 2 character

Same radical

火灵烟灰灯炎烦灭烂烧炮灾

Same radical

火灵烟灰灯炎烦灭烂烧炮灾炉烛灶

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Character Decomposition

烽=火+夆

Etymology

fire

Meanings

beacon fire

fēng

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Words with 烽 51 total

fire beacon (to give alarm)烽火fēng huǒ fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night)烽燧fēng suì fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance)烽烟fēng yān Xifeng, a county in Guiyang City, Guizhou息烽县Xī fēng Xiàn continuous wars · flames of battle raging everywhere · war-clouds spread everywhere烽火连天fēng huǒ lián tiān the fire of war in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war烽火四起fēng huǒ sì qǐ lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war烽烟四起fēng yān sì qǐ fire beacons on all sides (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war烽烟遍地fēng yān biàn dì

Idioms with 烽 7 total Chain

continuous wars · flames of battle raging everywhere · war-clouds spread everywhere烽火连天fēng huǒ lián tiān the fire of war in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war烽火四起fēng huǒ sì qǐ

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