凮
wind
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Readings
On'yomi
- フウ
- フ
Kun'yomi
- かぜ
- かざ-
Meaning
凮 centers on wind: moving air, breeze, or the wind as a natural force.
Study
Etymology
凮 is a variant form of 風 (wind). The outer enclosure ⺇ is a simplified wind frame, and the inner 百 likely replaced the original insect-like component in some historical simplifications.
Meaning mnemonic
The outer shape ⺇ suggests a wind enclosure, and inside is 百 (one hundred). Picture a hundred gusts of wind swirling inside a wind frame: 凮 is wind.
Reading mnemonic
For フウ, imagine the wind blowing through a bamboo flute: the sound 'foo' (like blowing) cues フウ, and the wind rushes through the hundred openings.