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豊: ceremonial vessel | abundant

By July 24, 2014January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning
 

豊 lǐ


: ceremonial dish

豐 [丰] 豊 fēng


: abundant; plentiful
: fertile; plump
: great

Kun Reading

豊か | ゆたか yutaka

na-adjective
: abundant; wealthy; plentiful; rich; affluent

豊 | とよ toyo

On Reading

ほう hou

 Usage:

Japanese usage
*豊富 | ほうふ houfu: abundance; wealth; plenty; bounty
豊作 | ほうさく housaku: abundant harvest; bumper crop
**豊年 | ほうねん hounen: fruitful year

豐 [丰] feng1: abundant; plentiful; fertile; plump; great

豐田 feng1tian2: Toyota (Japanese Motor Company) [とよた toyota]

*豐[丰]富 feng1fu4: to enrich; rich; plentiful; abundant
豐[丰]收 feng1shou1: bumper harvest
豐產[丰产] feng1chan3: high yield; bumper crop
豐滿[丰满] feng1man3: ample; well developed; fully rounded
豐[丰]盛 feng1sheng4: rich; sumptuous
**豐[丰]年 feng1nian2: prosperous year; year with bumper harvest



Personality
豐臣 秀吉 feng1 chen2 xiu4 ji2
豊臣 秀吉 toyotomi hideyoshi
: TOYOTOMI Hideyoshi (1536-1598), Japanese warlord (succeeding his former liege lord, Oda Nobunaga. He was Nobunaga’s “saru” aka monkey), undisputed ruler of Japan 1590-1598. He brought the end of the Sengoku period.



Japanese common word / expression
***経験豊富 | けいけんほうふ keiken houfu
: experienced; well-versed



Chinese expression / idiom
豐富多彩 [丰富多彩] feng1 fu4 duo1 cai3
: richly colorful

豐功偉績 [丰功伟绩] feng1 gong1 wei3 ji4
: glorious achievement

豐衣足食 [丰衣足食] : having ample food and clothing; well fed and clothed

人壽年豐 [人寿年丰] ren2 shou4 nian2 feng1
: long-lived people, rich harvests; stable and affluent society; prosperity

***經驗豐富 [经验丰富] jing1 yan4 feng1 fu4
: experienced; with ample experience

 Etymology:

会意 Associative Compound.
Tall serving dish 豆 (dou4: beans) full of
jade (qu1: bent)



豊 li3 was a picture of a vessel holding flowers. The flowers have been corrupted to “twist.” Not in modern use as an independent character.




会意 Associative Compound.
High-legged serving dish 豆 (dou4: beans)
full of wheat ears 丰 (feng1: abundant).



形声 Pictophonetic.
豆 (dou4: beans) suggests the meaning while
丰 (feng1: abundant) provides the sound.



簡體 Simplified
豐. Created as generic character simplification #32 (豐 » 丰) via omission of part of the traditional character.



variant: 禮 [礼] li3 : gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy
[kun: ゆたか yutaka. on: れい rei; らい rai]



 Examples:
今晚的晚餐很豐富。
jin1wan de wan3can1 hen3 feng1fu4
Tonight’s dinner is very luxurious (rich/plentiful).

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary