肨

肨 U+80A8, 肨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80A8 ← 肧 [U+80A7] CJK Unified Ideographs 肩 → [U+80A9]

Translingual

Han character

肨 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月手十 (BQJ), composition ⿰月丰)

1. to swell

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 975, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29298
• Dae Jaweon: page 1426, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2046, character 11
• Unihan data for U+80A8

Chinese

simp. and trad.		肨

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
邦	*proːŋ
梆	*proːŋ
垹	*proːŋ
肨	*pʰroːŋs, *pʰroːŋs
蚌	*broːŋʔ, *breːŋʔ
玤	*broːŋʔ
棒	*broːŋʔ
蜯	*broːŋʔ
琫	*poːŋʔ
菶	*poːŋʔ, *boːŋʔ
俸	*poːŋʔ, *boŋs
髼	*boːŋ
蜂	*boːŋ, *pʰoŋ
韸	*boːŋ
蓬	*boːŋ
篷	*boːŋ
唪	*boːŋʔ, *boŋʔ
埲	*boːŋʔ
丰	*pʰoŋ
妦	*pʰoŋ
仹	*pʰoŋ
峯	*pʰoŋ
峰	*pʰoŋ
鋒	*pʰoŋ
烽	*pʰoŋ
蠭	*pʰoŋ
桻	*pʰoŋ
莑	*pʰoŋ
夆	*pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds
捧	*pʰoŋʔ
逢	*boŋ
縫	*boŋ, *boŋs
漨	*boŋ
捀	*boŋ, *boŋs
奉	*boŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰroːŋs, *pʰroːŋs): semantic 肉 (“meat; flesh”) + phonetic 丰 (OC *pʰoŋ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pàng (pang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pàng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻang⁴
    • Yale: pàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: panq
    • Palladius: пан (pan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pong³
    • Yale: pong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: pong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: phaewngH

Rime
Character	肨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	匹絳切
Baxter	phaewngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠʌŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚɔŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰɔŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰaɨwŋH/
Li Rong	/pʰɔŋH/
Wang Li	/pʰɔŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰɔŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pong3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰroːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	肨	肨
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	3203	3204
Phonetic component	丰	丰
Rime group	東	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	肨	肨
Old Chinese	/*pʰroːŋs/	/*pʰroːŋs/
Notes	今作胖

Definitions

肨

1. alternative form of 胖 (“fat”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hàng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hàng
    • Tâi-lô: hàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /haŋ²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /haŋ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /haŋ²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /haŋ¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /haŋ²¹/

Definitions

肨

1. used in 肨奶 (hàng-leng)