馮

馮 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+2, 12 strokes, cangjie input 戈一尸手火 (IMSQF), four-corner 3112₇, composition ⿰冫馬)

• 𪅯, 凴, 憑, 㵗, 𠘔, 𥂳, 𨝭

• 冯 (Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1433, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44579
• Dae Jaweon: page 1958, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4540, character 3
• Unihan data for U+99AE

Historical forms of the character 馮
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *brɯŋ, *bɯŋ) : phonetic 仌 (OC *pŋrɯŋ, *ŋrɯŋ) + semantic 馬 (“horse”).

馮

1. a place near modern Luoyang
2. a surname

    

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   • 馮姓

   馮國璋／冯国璋  ―  Féng Guózhāng  ―  Feng Guozhang (Chinese general and politician in early republican China)

3. A respelling of the German patronymic von

    

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   • 冯 (德语)

   馮德萊恩／冯德莱恩  ―  Féng Délái'ēn  ―  von der Leyen (German politician)

   馮布劳恩／冯布劳恩  ―  Féng Bùláo'ēn  ―  von Braun (German-American aerospace engineer)

• → English: Feng, Fung, Fong, Foong, Pang
  • → Tagalog: Fung
• → Vietnamese: Phùng, 馮
  • → English: Phung
  • → French: Phung
  • → Indonesian: Phung
• → Indonesian: Fung, Phung

馮

1. (literary) to gallop
2. (literary) (alt. form 淜, 憑／凭) to wade; to cross a river on foot

   暴虎馮河／暴虎冯河  ―  bàohǔfénghé  ―  recklessly courageous

   • 不敢暴虎，不敢馮河。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     不敢暴虎，不敢冯河。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Bùgǎn bàohǔ, bùgǎn pínghé. [Pinyin]

     They dare not without weapons attack a tiger;
     They dare not without a boat cross the He.

3. (literary) full; great
4. (literary) to bully; to humiliate

   • 馮弱犯寡則眚之，賊賢害民則伐之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     冯弱犯寡则眚之，贼贤害民则伐之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3^rd century BCE

     Pínɡ ruò fàn guǎ zé shěng zhī, zéi xián hài mín zé fá zhī. [Pinyin]

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5. (literary) to climb; to ascend

   • 馮崑崙以瞰霧兮，隱岷山以清江。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     冯昆仑以瞰雾兮，隐岷山以清江。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Pínɡ Kūnlún yǐ kàn wù xī, yǐn Mínshān yǐ qīng jiāng. [Pinyin]

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6. (literary) Alternative form of 憑／凭 (píng, “to lean on”)
7. Used in 馮生／冯生.

• “馮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. (proper name character)

• Go-on: びょう (byō)、ぶ (bu)、ぶう (bū)
• Kan-on: ひょう (hyō)、ほう (hō)
• Kan’yō-on: ふう (fū)
• Kun: たのむ (tanomu, 馮む)、よる (yoru, 馮る)

馮 • (pung) (hangeul 풍, revised pung, McCune–Reischauer p'ung, Yale phung)

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馮: Hán Nôm readings: Phùng

1. a Vietnamese surname