彭

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 壴 + phonetic 彡, rataplan

Han character

彭 (radical 59 彡+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土廿竹竹竹 (GTHHH), four-corner 4212₂, composition ⿰壴彡)

1. name of ancient country
2. used as a surname

Descendants

• 澎, 𥛱

References

• KangXi: page 364, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10003
• Dae Jaweon: page 683, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 855, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5F6D

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		彭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): péng (peng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paang⁴, pang⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): phêⁿ / phîⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: péng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄥˊ
    • Wade-Giles: p'êng²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pengr
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: paang⁴, pang⁴
    • Yale: pàahng, pàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paang⁴, pang⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɑːŋ²¹/, /pʰɐŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phêⁿ / phîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: phênn / phînn
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰẽ²³/, /pʰĩ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰẽ¹³/, /pʰĩ¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (彭, reconstructed)
Character (彭), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 並 (3) Final: 庚 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 薄庚切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/bɣæŋ/	/bʱɐŋ/	/bɐŋ/	/bɯaŋ/	/baɨjŋ/	/bɐŋ/	/baŋ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (彭, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
彭								péng								‹ bæng ›								/*C.[b]ˤraŋ/								(place name)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
彭					9681					彭					陽					0					彭					/*braːŋ/

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Japanese

Kanji

彭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ほう (hō)
• Kun: ゆく (yuku), みち (michi), さかん (sakan)

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Korean

Hanja

彭 (paeng, bang) (hangeul 팽, 방, revised paeng, bang, McCune-Reischauer p'aeng, pang, Yale phayng, pang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

彭 (bành)

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