彭

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

嘭, 憉, 澎, 膨, 蟛, 㱶, 甏, 蟚, 𥛱

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 364, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10003
Dae Jaweon: page 683, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 855, character 6
Unihan data for U+5F6D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		彭

Wikipedia has articles on:

彭姓 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
彭氏 (Cantonese)
彭姓 (Gan)
Phêⁿ (sèⁿ) (Southern Min)
彭國 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
Peng (surname) (English)
Dapeng (state) (English)

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 彭
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 壴 (“drum”) + 彡 (“visualization of the sound of drumming”) – sound of drumming.

Shuowen considers it to be a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) where 彡 (OC *sroːm, *slom) acts as the phonetic component.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): péng (peng²)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄥˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): pen²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): paang⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): pang³
Gan (Wiktionary): pang²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): phàng

(Hailu, HRS): pang

(Meixian, Guangdong): pang²
Jin (Wiktionary): peng¹
Northern Min (KCR): pâng
Eastern Min (BUC): pàng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pa² / paⁿ²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phîⁿ / phêⁿ / phêng

(Teochew, Peng'im): pên⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ban
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ben²

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/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: pen²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: pen
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰən²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: paang⁴
  - Yale: pàahng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pang⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːŋ²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: pang³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ²²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: pang²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ²⁴/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phàng
  - Hakka Romanization System: pang^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pang²
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰaŋ¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: pang
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰaŋ⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: pang²
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰaŋ¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: peng¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pʰəŋ¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: pàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: pa²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰa¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: paⁿ²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰã¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phîⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: phînn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phvii
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /pʰĩ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phêⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: phênn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phvee
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰẽ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɛ̃¹³/
- (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/

Note:

phîⁿ/phêⁿ - vernacular (surname);
phêng - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: pên⁵
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phêⁿ
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰẽ⁵⁵/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ban
  - MiniDict: ban^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ban
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bã²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ben²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən¹³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 彭
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	/pʰən²¹³/
	Chengdu	/pʰən³¹/
	Guiyang	/pʰen²¹/
	Kunming	/pʰoŋ¹/
	Nanjing	/pʰən²⁴/
	Hefei	/pʰəŋ⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/pʰəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/pʰəŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/pʰə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/bã²³/
	Suzhou	/bən¹³/
	Hangzhou	/boŋ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/biɛ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/pʰʌ̃⁴⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/pʰan⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/pən¹³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/bən¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/pʰɑŋ²⁴/
Hakka	Meixian	/pʰaŋ¹¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/pʰɑŋ¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/pʰaŋ²¹/
	Nanning	/pʰaŋ²¹/
	Hong Kong	/pʰaŋ²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/pʰiŋ³⁵/ /pʰĩ³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/pʰaŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/pʰaŋ³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/pʰẽ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/foŋ³¹/ /fɛ³¹/

Middle Chinese: baeng

Rime
Character	彭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	薄庚切
Baxter	baeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/baŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/bɐŋ/
Wang Li	/bɐŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	péng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pang⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.[b]ˤraŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*braːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	彭
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	péng
Middle Chinese	‹ bæng ›
Old Chinese	/*C.[b]ˁraŋ/
English	(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	彭
Reading #	1/1
No.	9681
Phonetic component	彭
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	彭
Old Chinese	/*braːŋ/

Definitions

彭

(onomatopoeia, obsolete) sound of drumming
Name of an ancient country.
a surname
彭德懷／彭德怀 ― Péng Déhuái ― Peng Dehuai (Chinese military leader)

Compounds

三彭
八彭 (Bāpéng)
加彭 (Jiāpéng)
彭亨 (Pénghēng)
彭佳 (Péngjiā)
彭佳嶼／彭佳屿 (Péngjiāyǔ)
彭侯
彭公案
彭城 (Péngchéng)
彭場／彭场 (Péngchǎng)
彭女山
彭家嶺／彭家岭 (Péngjiālǐng)
彭家灣／彭家湾 (Péngjiāwān)
彭巴草原
彭店 (Péngdiàn)
彭張／彭张
彭排
彭殤／彭殇
彭湃
彭澤／彭泽 (Péngzé)
彭澤宰／彭泽宰
彭畈 (Péngfàn)
彭祖
彭聃
彭莊／彭庄 (Péngzhuāng)
彭蠡
彭蠡湖
彭越
彭郎磯／彭郎矶
彭門山／彭门山
彭陽／彭阳 (Péngyáng, “Pengyang”)
彭龍／彭龙 (Pénglóng)
朱彭 (Zhūpéng)

Descendants

→ English: Peng, P'eng, Pang, Pee

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): páng (pang²)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pong⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: páng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: páng
  - Wade–Giles: pʻang²
  - Yale: páng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parng
  - Palladius: пан (pan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: pong⁴
  - Yale: pòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːŋ²¹/

Definitions

彭

Alternative form of 旁 (“side; near”)

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bāng (bang¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bang
  - Wade–Giles: pang¹
  - Yale: bāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bang
  - Palladius: бан (ban)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bong¹
  - Yale: bōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

彭

Only used in 彭彭.

Japanese

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

彭

Wikipedia ^ja

Kanji

彭

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): ほう (hō)
Kun: ゆく (yuku)、みち (michi)、さかん (sakan)
Nanori: みつる (mitsuru)

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: Hán Việt readings: bành (蒲(bồ)庚(canh)切(thiết))^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
彭: Nôm readings: bành^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6], phình^[1]

Chữ Hán form of Bành (“a surname from Chinese.”).
Nôm form of bành.

References

[tdcndg-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Nguyễn (2014).

[tdcntd-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[gdhn-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Trần (2004).

[bonet-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Bonet (1899).

[genibrel-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Génibrel (1898).

[taberd-6] Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

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