Character: 縫
Modern (Beijing) reading: féng
Preclassic Old Chinese: bhoŋ
Classic Old Chinese: bhoŋ
Western Han Chinese: bhoŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: bhoŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: bhoŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: bhoŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: bhoŋ
Middle Chinese: böuŋ
English meaning : to sew
Russian meaning[s]: шить; портняжничать; чинить, штопать; [fèng] 1) шов, рубец; 2) щель, трещина
Comments: For initial *bh- cf. Chaozhou phoŋ2, Fuzhou phuŋ2. A derived word (written in the same way) is OC *bhoŋ-s 'seam' (MC bö̀uŋ, FQ 扶用, Pek. fèng; cf. also Min forms: Xiamen phaŋ6, Chaozhou phaŋ6, Fuzhou phoŋ5).
Radical: 120
Four-angle index: 6509
Karlgren code: 1197 x
Shijing occurrences: 18.3_
