凤 fèng phoenix
Made up of [几 jǐ how many; small table; some radical 16]Alternative traditional form of character: 鳳
Made with 4 strokes.
Much simplified form of bird in an enclosure, similar to homophone 'feng : wind'. The phoenix used to be more clearly a rather special bird.
Related characters
Also uses 几 jǐ component: 船 chuán (boat) 机 jī (machine)
Different tone
风 fēng (wind) ; 丰 fēng ; 封 fēng (to confer) ; 逢 féng (to meet by chance)
Stroke order for character 凤, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license ➚
Cities
凤凰 Fenghuang, HunanProverbs
凤毛麟角 fèng máo lín jiǎo Seeking the unobtainable龙飞凤舞 lóng fēi fèng wǔ Flamboyant. Lively and vigorous
宁做鸡头,不当凤尾 nìng zuò jītóu, bù dāng fèng wěi Better to be leader of a humble organization than the stooge of a grand one