烽 Stroke Order — How to Write 烽

Stroke Order

烽 is written in 11 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 火, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

烽 Radical and Character Components

Components:火夆

烽 is a phono-semantic compound: 火 (fire) carries the meaning, while 夆 indicates the sound.

Radical: 火 + 7 more strokes

烽 Pronunciation and Pinyin

fēng

Meanings of 烽 in Chinese

fēng烽

Fēng refers to ancient border defense alarm fires, often used metaphorically to signify war or unrest.

尽管烽火连天，但人们依然坚守希望。

Even amidst the raging fires of war, people still held onto hope.

Common Words and Phrases with 烽

fēng烽huǒ火

Beacon-fires or signal fires used in ancient times for border defense warnings. It also metaphorically refers to the flames of war.

经过多年的烽火，这片土地终于迎来了和平。

After years of conflict, the land finally welcomed peace.

fēng烽huǒ火tái台

A beacon tower, an ancient high platform used for lighting smoke signals to transmit important messages.

长城沿线修建了许多烽火台，用于传递边境的安全信息

Many beacon towers were built along the Great Wall to transmit border security information.

fēng烽suì燧

An ancient Chinese border defense system that used smoke by day and fire by night as warning signals, later generally referring to any such beacon fire.