滂

滂 U+6EC2, 滂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6EC2 ← 滁 [U+6EC1] CJK Unified Ideographs 滃 → [U+6EC3]

Translingual

Han character

滂 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水卜月尸 (EYBS), four-corner 3012₇, composition ⿰氵旁)

Derived characters

• 𬉘, 霶

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 641, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18003
• Dae Jaweon: page 1049, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1706, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6EC2

Chinese

simp. and trad.		滂
alternative forms		𣹿 𣶢

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (方) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
縍	*paːŋ
榜	*paːŋʔ, *praːŋs, *braːŋ
蒡	*paːŋʔ, *braːŋ
牓	*paːŋʔ
螃	*paːŋʔ, *paːŋs, *baːŋ
搒	*paːŋs, *braːŋ
舫	*paːŋs, *paŋs
謗	*paːŋs
雱	*pʰaːŋ
磅	*pʰaːŋ, *pʰraːŋ
霶	*pʰaːŋ
滂	*pʰaːŋ
鎊	*pʰaːŋ
髈	*pʰaːŋʔ, *baːŋ
彷	*baːŋ, *pʰaŋʔ
趽	*baːŋ, *paŋ, *paŋs
房	*baːŋ, *baŋ
篣	*baːŋ, *braːŋ
騯	*baːŋ, *praːŋ, *braːŋ
傍	*baːŋ, *baːŋs
膀	*baːŋ
旁	*baːŋ
徬	*baːŋs
閍	*praːŋ
祊	*praːŋ
嗙	*praːŋ
方	*paŋ, *baŋ
汸	*paŋ
坊	*paŋ, *baŋ
邡	*paŋ, *pʰaŋs
枋	*paŋ
鈁	*paŋ
蚄	*paŋ
肪	*paŋ, *baŋ
鴋	*paŋ, *baŋ
牥	*paŋ
昉	*paŋʔ
瓬	*paŋʔ
放	*paŋʔ, *paŋs
倣	*paŋʔ
芳	*pʰaŋ
淓	*pʰaŋ
妨	*pʰaŋ, *pʰaŋs
紡	*pʰaŋʔ
仿	*pʰaŋʔ
髣	*pʰaŋʔ
鶭	*pʰaŋʔ
訪	*pʰaŋs
防	*baŋ, *baŋs
魴	*baŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰaːŋ): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 旁 (OC *baːŋ).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pāng (pang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pong⁴ / pong¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phōng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pang
    • Wade–Giles: pʻang¹
    • Yale: pāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pang
    • Palladius: пан (pan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pong⁴ / pong¹
    • Yale: pòhng / pōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pong⁴ / pong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pong⁴ / pong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːŋ²¹/, /pʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phōng
    • Tâi-lô: phōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phong
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔŋ²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔŋ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔŋ²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: phang

Rime
Character	滂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	普郎切
Baxter	phang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰaŋ/
Li Rong	/pʰɑŋ/
Wang Li	/pʰɑŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pong1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰaːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	滂
Reading #	1/1
No.	2997
Phonetic component	方
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	滂
Old Chinese	/*pʰaːŋ/

Definitions

滂

1. (of water) torrential; rushing
2. voluminous
3. (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 滂 (MC phang)

Usage notes

Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation páng.

Compounds

• 大雨滂沱 (dàyǔpāngtuó)
• 涕泗滂沱
• 淜滂 (píngpāng)
• 滂人
• 滂喜篇
• 滂江
• 滂沛 (pāngpèi)
• 滂沲
• 滂沱
• 滂沱大雨 (pāngtuódàyǔ)
• 滂洋
• 滂浩
• 滂浡
• 滂渤
• 滂湃
• 滂滂
• 滂澤 / 滂泽
• 滂濞
• 滂薄
• 胡吹亂滂 / 胡吹乱滂

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pēng (peng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: peng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻêng¹
    • Yale: pēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: peng
    • Palladius: пэн (pɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɤŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

滂

1. only used in 滂濞 (pēngpì) and 滂湃

References

• (Min Nan) “Query for 滂”, in 臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji

滂

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ほう (hō)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)
• Kan’yō-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: ひろい (hiroi)

Korean

Hanja

滂 • (bang) (hangeul 방, revised bang, McCune–Reischauer pang, Yale pang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

滂: Hán Nôm readings: bẵng, bàng, phang, phẳng

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