凤

fèng = f + (e)ng4

surname Feng

凤 = 几 + 又 : Frankenstein's Monster (f) is fighting against a phoenix (凤) in a boxing match (又). They are fighting under a small table (几) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) which serves as their boxing ring.

fèng = f + (e)ng4

phoenix

凤 = 几 + 又 : Frankenstein's Monster (f) is fighting against a phoenix (凤) in a boxing match (又). They are fighting under a small table (几) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) which serves as their boxing ring.

凤 character breakdown

凤
- 几
- 又
  - ㇏
  - ㇇

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

small table

Joan of Arc (ji) is sitting at a small table (几) in front of the space station (Ø1) and reading her Bible, waiting for a message from God.

yòu = y + ou4

(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway

又 = ㇇ + ㇏ : And once again (又), Maud Younger (y) is preparing for battle. She's donning her boxing glove in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), puts on a beak (㇇) and plans go give her opponent the finger (㇏).

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

almost

jǐ = ji + Ø3

how much / how many / several / a few

Characters with 凤 as component

凤 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 凤

Danfeng County in Shangluo 商洛[Shang1 luo4], Shaanxi

red phoenix

red phoenix eyes (eyes whose outer corners incline upwards)

Danfeng County in Shangluo 商洛[Shang1 luo4], Shaanxi

a giant among men (idiom)

hidden genius (idiom)

Laifeng County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Hubei

(bird species of China) greater crested tern (Thalasseus bergii)

lit. one phoenix feather; fig. a glimpse that reveals the whole

,

lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom) / fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond

,

see 寧做雞頭，不做鳳尾|宁做鸡头，不做凤尾[ning4 zuo4 ji1 tou2 , bu4 zuo4 feng4 wei3]

(bird species of China) yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea)

(bird species of China) lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis)

hitching a ride to the sky on the dragon and phoenix (idiom); fig. currying favor with the rich and powerful in the hope of advancement

see 扳龍附鳳|扳龙附凤[ban1 long2 fu4 feng4]

(bird species of China) pied cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus)

lit. to hope one's daughter becomes a phoenix (idiom) / fig. to hope one's daughter is a success in life

(bird species of China) Indochinese yuhina (Yuhina torqueola)

(bird species of China) rufous-vented yuhina (Yuhina occipitalis)

(bird species of China) sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)

Sentences with 凤

wáng

mǔ

yàn

shè

zài

fèng

zǎo

The Queen Mother's banquet is set up on the phoenix' grass.