蓬

Translingual

Han character

蓬 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜竹十 (TYHJ), four-corner 4430₄, composition ⿱艹逢)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1052, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31720
• Dae Jaweon: page 1514, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3267, character 8
• Unihan data for U+84EC

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Chinese

trad.		蓬
simp. #		蓬

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 *boːŋ) : semantic 艸 (“vegetation”) + phonetic 逢 (OC *boŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): péng (peng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pung⁴ / fung⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): pô̤ng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phông / pông / hông / phōng / pōng

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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: pung⁴ / fung⁴
    • Yale: pùhng / fùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pung⁴ / fung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pung⁴ / fung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰʊŋ²¹/, /fʊŋ²¹/

Note: fung4 - variant.

• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pô̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phông
    • Tâi-lô: phông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /pʰɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pông
    • Tâi-lô: pông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông
    • Tâi-lô: hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoong
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phōng
    • Tâi-lô: phōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phong
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pōng
    • Tâi-lô: pōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pong
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pɔŋ³³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 蓬
Mandarin	Beijing	/pʰəŋ³⁵/
	Harbin	/pʰəŋ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/pʰəŋ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/pʰəŋ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/pʰəŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/pʰəŋ⁴²/
	Xi'an	/pʰəŋ²⁴/
	Xining	/pʰə̃²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/pʰəŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/pʰə̃n⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/pʰɤŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/pʰoŋ²¹³/
	Chengdu	/pʰoŋ³¹/
	Guiyang	/pʰoŋ²¹/
	Kunming	/pʰoŋ³¹/
	Nanjing	/pʰən²⁴/
	Hefei	/pʰəŋ⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/pʰəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/pʰəŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/pʰə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/boŋ²³/
	Suzhou	/boŋ¹³/
	Hangzhou	/boŋ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/boŋ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/pʰʌ̃⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/pʰan⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/poŋ¹³/
	Xiangtan	/bən¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/pʰuŋ²⁴/
Hakka	Meixian	/pʰuŋ¹¹/
	Taoyuan	/pʰuŋ¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/pʰoŋ²¹/
	Nanning	/pʰuŋ²¹/
	Hong Kong	/pʰoŋ²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/pʰɔŋ³⁵/ /pʰaŋ³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/pʰuŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/pʰɔŋ³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/pʰoŋ⁵⁵/ /pʰaŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/foŋ³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: buwng

Rime
Character	蓬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	薄紅切
Baxter	buwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/buŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/buŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bəwŋ/
Li Rong	/buŋ/
Wang Li	/buŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	péng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*boːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蓬
Reading #	1/1
No.	3216
Phonetic component	丰
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蓬
Old Chinese	/*boːŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蓬

1. type of raspberry
2. Korean mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
3. fleabane
4. disheveled
5. flourishing; vigorous
6. (colloquial) fluffy; soft
7. Classifier for clumps of items.
8. a surname

References

• “Entry #11343”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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Japanese

Kanji

蓬

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)
• Kun: よもぎ (yomogi, 蓬)

Compounds

• 蓬(ほう)莱(らい) (hōrai)

Kanji in this term
蓬
よもぎ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

• 艾

Noun

蓬(よもぎ) or 蓬(ヨモギ) • (yomogi) 

1. mugwort

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Korean

Hanja

蓬 (eumhun 쑥 봉 (ssuk bong))

1. moxa, mugwort, wormwood

Synonyms

• 쑥 (ssuk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 蓬 (bồng)

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