奉

See also: 秦, 奏, and 泰

奉	U+5949, 奉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5949

← 奈
[U+5948]

CJK Unified Ideographs

奊 →
[U+594A]

Translingual[edit]

Traditional	奉
Simplified	奉
Japanese	奉
Korean	奉

Alternative forms[edit]

See the article for 𡗗.

Han character[edit]

奉 (radical 37, 大+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手大手 (QKQ), four-corner 5050₃, composition ⿱𡗗𰀁)

Derived characters[edit]

俸, 唪, 埲, 𡞗, 淎, 𢔓, 𢜗, 捧, 𣈖, 䏾, 棒, 𣨞, 𤊡, 琫, 𨔐, 𪽙, 蜯, 𮘗, 㷯, 𫒩, 䩬, 䭰, 𩸮, 𪉪, 䳞, 菶, 𬕏, 𩃳, 𤷰

References[edit]

KangXi: page 251, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5894
Dae Jaweon: page 511, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 531, character 5
Unihan data for U+5949

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.		奉
alternative forms		𠬻𢱵𣩌

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 奉
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu Slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (丰) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
邦	*proːŋ
梆	*proːŋ
垹	*proːŋ
肨	pʰroːŋs, pʰroːŋs
蚌	broːŋʔ, breːŋʔ
玤	*broːŋʔ
棒	*broːŋʔ
蜯	*broːŋʔ
琫	*poːŋʔ
菶	poːŋʔ, boːŋʔ
俸	poːŋʔ, boŋs
髼	*boːŋ
蜂	boːŋ, pʰoŋ
韸	*boːŋ
蓬	*boːŋ
篷	*boːŋ
唪	boːŋʔ, boŋʔ
埲	*boːŋʔ
丰	*pʰoŋ
妦	*pʰoŋ
仹	*pʰoŋ
峯	*pʰoŋ
峰	*pʰoŋ
鋒	*pʰoŋ
烽	*pʰoŋ
蠭	*pʰoŋ
桻	*pʰoŋ
莑	*pʰoŋ
夆	pʰoŋ, boŋ, *ɡaːds
捧	*pʰoŋʔ
逢	*boŋ
縫	boŋ, boŋs
漨	*boŋ
捀	boŋ, boŋs
奉	*boŋʔ

Originally Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *boŋʔ): phonetic 丰 (OC *pʰoŋ) + semantic 廾. 手 later added at the bottom and the original character was corrupted to 𡗗.

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): fèng (feng⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥˋ

(Chengdu, SP): fong⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): fung⁶
Gan (Wiktionary): fung⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fung

(Meixian, Guangdong): fung⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): feng³
Min Bei (KCR): hō̤ng
Min Dong (BUC): hông
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hǒng / hōng

(Teochew, Peng'im): hong⁶
Wu (Wiktionary): von (T3)
Xiang (Wiktionary): hong⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˋ
  - Wade–Giles: fêng⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenq
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: fong⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /foŋ²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fung⁶
  - Yale: fuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ²²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: fung⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuŋ¹¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fung
  - Hakka Romanization System: fung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fung⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fuŋ⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fung⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fʊŋ⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: feng³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /fə̃ŋ⁴⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hō̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɔŋ⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hông
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /houŋ²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǒng
  - Tâi-lô: hǒng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōng
  - Tâi-lô: hōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hong
  - IPA (Jinjiang): /hɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hong⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hoŋ³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: von (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /v̻ʊŋ²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: hong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /xʊŋ⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /xən⁴⁵/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 奉
Mandarin	Beijing	/fəŋ⁵¹/
	Harbin	/fəŋ⁵³/
	Tianjin	/fəŋ⁵³/
	Jinan	/fəŋ²¹/
	Qingdao	/fəŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/fəŋ³¹²/
	Xi'an	/fəŋ⁴⁴/
	Xining	/fə̃²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/fəŋ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/fə̃n⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/fɤŋ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/foŋ³⁵/
	Chengdu	/foŋ¹³/
	Guiyang	/foŋ²¹³/
	Kunming	/foŋ²¹²/
	Nanjing	/fən⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/fəŋ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/fəŋ⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/xuŋ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/fə̃ŋ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/voŋ²³/
	Suzhou	/voŋ³¹/
	Hangzhou	/voŋ¹³/
	Wenzhou	/ɦoŋ³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/fʌ̃²²/
Hui	Tunxi	/fan⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/xoŋ⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ɸən⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/fuŋ²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/fuŋ⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/fuŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/foŋ²²/
	Nanning	/fuŋ²²/
	Hong Kong	/foŋ²²/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/hɔŋ²²/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/houŋ²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/xɔŋ⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/hoŋ³⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/foŋ³³/

Middle Chinese: /bɨoŋ^X/

Rime
Character	奉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	扶隴切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨoŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/bioŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/bioŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buawŋ^X/
Li Rong	/bioŋ^X/
Wang Li	/bĭwoŋ^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯woŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fung⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m-pʰ(r)oŋʔ/, /*pʰ(r)oŋʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*boŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	奉	奉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fèng	fèng
Middle Chinese	‹ bjowng^X ›	‹ phjowng^X ›
Old Chinese	/*m-pʰ(r)oŋʔ/	/*pʰ(r)oŋʔ/
English	present (v.) with both hands	hold with both hands; to present; receive
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	奉
Reading #	1/1
No.	3239
Phonetic component	丰
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	奉
Old Chinese	/*boŋʔ/

Definitions[edit]

奉

to offer (tribute)
to receive
to serve
to respect
(～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 奉 (MC bɨoŋ^X)
(historial) Short for 奉天 (Fèngtiān, “Fengtian Province”).
A surname.

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 奉

事奉 (shìfèng)
以一奉百
侍奉 (shìfèng)
供奉 (gòngfèng)
信奉 (xìnfèng)
倍奉
克己奉公 (kèjǐ fènggōng)
嗇己奉公／啬己奉公
回奉
奉上 (fèngshàng)
奉事 (fèngshì)
奉令
奉令承教
奉使
奉侍
奉公 (fènggōng)
奉公不阿
奉公執法／奉公执法
奉公守法 (fènggōngshǒufǎ)
奉公正己
奉其正朔
奉別／奉别
奉勞／奉劳
奉勸／奉劝 (fèngquàn)
奉厝
奉召
奉告 (fènggào)
奉命 (fèngmìng)
奉命唯謹／奉命唯谨
奉土
奉天 (fèngtiān)
奉天承運／奉天承运
奉如神明
奉委
奉安 (fèng'ān)
奉官
奉客
奉寧／奉宁
奉干
奉引
奉從／奉从
奉復／奉复
奉悉
奉懇／奉恳
奉承 (fèngchéng)

References[edit]

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00858
“奉”, 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–

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

奉

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

to offer; to present

Readings[edit]

Go-on: ぶ (bu, Jōyō ^†)
Kan-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)
Kun: たてまつる (tatematsuru, 奉る, Jōyō); まつる (matsuru, 奉る); ほうずる (hōzuru, 奉ずる)

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

奉 (eumhun 받들 봉 (batdeul bong))

Hanja form^? of 봉 (“to offer; to present”).

Compounds[edit]

봉사 (奉仕, bongsa, “attendance, service to one's country or community”)

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

奉: Hán Nôm readings: phụng

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References[edit]

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奉

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