锋fēng
spear-point; edge, point, tip. 12 strokes, radical 钅, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin fēngStrokes 12Radical 钅Band HSK 6Words 1
How to write 锋
Strokes 1–5 write 钅, then strokes 6–12 write 夆.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 锋 · the stroke-order rules
What 锋 is made of
钅 (jīn, gold) and 夆 (féng, to resist).
钅 carries the meaning — metal — and 夆 carries the sound.
Words that use 锋
| 先锋 | avant-garde, vanguard 指走在前面带头的 台上的先锋剧目很受欢迎。The avant-garde programme on stage was very popular. Lesson 661, 细菌研究 · 笃志博雅与通达四海 · Scholarly Diligence & Global Connections |
Characters that share the sound part 夆
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 钅
All 22 of them, and what the radical means, on the 金 radical page.