膨

膨 U+81A8, 膨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81A8 ← 膧 [U+81A7] CJK Unified Ideographs 膩 → [U+81A9]

Translingual

Han character

膨 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月土廿竹 (BGTH), four-corner 7222₂, composition ⿰月彭)

1. to swell
2. swollen, bloated, inflated

References

• KangXi: page 994, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29861
• Dae Jaweon: page 1445, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2110, character 5
• Unihan data for U+81A8

Chinese

trad.		膨
simp. #		膨

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
澎	*pʰraːŋ, *braːŋ
彭	*braːŋ
膨	*braːŋ, *braːŋs
蟚	*braːŋ
蟛	*braːŋ
憉	*braːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *braːŋ, *braːŋs): semantic 肉 (“meat; flesh”) + phonetic 彭 (OC *braːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): péng (peng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paang⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phong
• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): phêng / phn̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: péng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: péng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻêng²
    • Yale: péng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: perng
    • Palladius: пэн (pɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paang⁴
    • Yale: pàahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pang⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phong
    • Hakka Romanization System: pong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰoŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phêng
    • Tâi-lô: phîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pheeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /pʰiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: phn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰŋ̍²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: baeng, baengH

Rime
Character	膨	膨
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	薄庚切	蒲孟切
Baxter	baeng	baengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠæŋ/	/bˠæŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚaŋ/	/bᵚaŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/baŋ/	/baŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨjŋ/	/baɨjŋH/
Li Rong	/bɐŋ/	/bɐŋH/
Wang Li	/bɐŋ/	/bɐŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɐŋ/	/bʱɐŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	péng	bèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pang4	bang6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*braːŋ/, /*braːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	膨	膨
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9682	9687
Phonetic component	彭	彭
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	彭	膨
Old Chinese	/*braːŋ/	/*braːŋs/

Definitions

膨

1. to swell; to inflate
2. swollen; bloated; inflated

Compounds

• 熱膨脹／热膨胀
• 線膨脹／线膨胀
• 膨土
• 膨土岩
• 膨大 (péngdà)
• 膨大海
• 膨脝
• 膨脹／膨胀 (péngzhàng)
• 膨脹係數／膨胀系数
• 膨脹宇宙／膨胀宇宙
• 膨脹缺口／膨胀缺口
• 膨風／膨风 (phòng-hong) (Min Nan)
• 膨鼠 (phòng-chhí) (Min Nan)
• 通膨 (tōngpéng)
• 通貨膨脹／通货膨胀 (tōnghuò péngzhàng)

 

Japanese

Kanji

膨

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. swollen, inflated

Readings

• Go-on: びょう (byō)^{←びやう (byau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ぼう (bō, Jōyō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}
• Kun: ふくらむ (fukuramu, 膨らむ, Jōyō); ふくれる (fukureru, 膨れる, Jōyō)

Korean

Hanja

膨 • (paeng) (hangeul 팽, revised paeng, McCune–Reischauer p'aeng, Yale phayng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

膨: Hán Nôm readings: bành

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