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

Traditional	奉
Simplified	奉
Japanese	奉
Korean	奉

Alternative forms

See the article for 𡗗.

Han character

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

Derived characters

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

Kangxi Dictionary: 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

simp. and trad.		奉
alternative forms		𠬻𢱵𣩌

Glyph origin

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／形声, OC *boŋʔ) : phonetic 丰 (OC *pʰoŋ) + semantic 廾 (“two hands”)， hence the original version is 𠬻. 手 (“hand”) was later added at the bottom, and the original character was corrupted into 𡗗. Related to 舉.

Pronunciation

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

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥˋ

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

(Meixian, Guangdong): fung⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): feng³
Northern Min (KCR): hō̤ng
Eastern Min (BUC): hông
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hǒng / hōng

(Teochew, Peng'im): hong⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶von
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): hong⁴ / hong⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fòng
  - Wade–Giles: fêng⁴
  - Yale: fèng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenq
  - Palladius: фэн (fɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: fong⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /foŋ²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - 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 Neipu)
  - 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): /fəŋ⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hō̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɔŋ⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hông
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /houŋ²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶von
  - MiniDict: von^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³von
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /voŋ²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: hong⁴ / hong⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /xʊŋ⁴⁵/, /xʊŋ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /xən⁴⁵/, /xən²¹/

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 (Hokkien)	/hɔŋ²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/houŋ²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/xɔŋ⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/hoŋ³⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/foŋ³³/

Middle Chinese: bjowngX

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
Baxter	bjowngX
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/
Bernhard 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

奉

to offer (tribute)
to receive
to serve
to respect
(～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 奉 (MC bjowngX)
(historical) Short for 奉天 (Fèngtiān, “Fengtian Province”).
a surname

Compounds

References

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

Kanji

奉

(Jōyō kanji)

to offer; to present

Readings

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)
Nanori: うけ (uke)、とも (tomo)、な (na)、よし (yoshi)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

奉 (eumhun 받들 봉 (batdeul bong))

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

Compounds

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

Vietnamese

Han character

奉: Hán Nôm readings: phụng

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References

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