风和日丽 (fēng hé rì lì)

Character breakdown

• 风 (fēng) · 4 strokes

  Simplified form of 風. Originally written the same as 鳳 (phoenix) because the two characters sounded the same. Later the bottom part of the character was abbreviated to distinguish the two characters.

• 和 (hé) · 8 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 禾 represents the sound.

• 日 (Rì) · 4 strokes

  Pictograph of the sun.

• 丽 (Lí) · 7 strokes

  Simplified form of 麗. Pictograph of a deer (鹿) with two beautiful antlers. The traditional component 鹿 was removed for simplification.

Usage

今天风和日丽，适合出去走走。

moderate wind, beautiful sun (idiom); fine sunny weather, esp. in springtime

jīn tiān fēng hé rì lì ， shì hé chū qù zǒu zǒu 。