鵬

See also: 鹏

鵬	U+9D6C, 鵬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9D6C

← 鵫
[U+9D6B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鵭 →
[U+9D6D]

Translingual

Han character

鵬 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 月月竹火 (BBHF), four-corner 7722₇, composition ⿰朋鳥)

fabulous bird of enormous size

References

KangXi: page 1492, character 5

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47005

Dae Jaweon: page 2022, character 13

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4641, character 15

Unihan data for U+9D6C

Chinese

trad.		鵬
simp.		鹏

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
崩	*pɯːŋ
堋	pɯːŋs, pʰɯːŋ, *bɯːŋ
漰	*pʰɯːŋ
倗	pʰɯːŋʔ, bɯːŋ, *bɯːŋs
朋	*bɯːŋ
鵬	*bɯːŋ
棚	bɯːŋ, brɯːŋ, *brɯːŋ
鬅	*bɯːŋ
掤	*pɯŋ
淜	*bɯŋ
輣	brɯːŋ, brɯːŋ
繃	prɯːŋ, prɯːŋ
弸	pʰrɯːŋ, brɯːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *bɯːŋ) and ideogrammic compound (會意) : phonetic 朋 (OC *bɯːŋ, “phoenix”) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”)

Etymology

This has been related to 風 (OC *plum, “wind”) (Schuessler, 2007) and also by Wang (1982) to 鳳 (OC *bums, “male fenghuang”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): péng (peng²)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): paang⁴
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): phêng / pêng / phn̂g

(Teochew, Peng'im): pong⁵

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/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phêng
  - Tâi-lô: phîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pheeng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /pʰiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng
  - Tâi-lô: pîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peeng
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: phn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phngg
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰŋ̍²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: pong⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phông
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰoŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /bəŋ/

Rime
Character	鵬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	步崩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bəŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/bəŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/bəŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bəŋ/
Li Rong	/bəŋ/
Wang Li	/bəŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱəŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	péng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pang⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*bɯːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鵬
Reading #	1/1
No.	9665
Phonetic component	朋
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	朋
Old Chinese	/*bɯːŋ/

Definitions

鵬

(Chinese mythology) peng (enormous bird)
- 鵬之背，不知其幾千里也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  鹏之背，不知其几千里也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE
  Péng zhī bèi, bùzhī qí jǐ qiān lǐ yě. [Pinyin]
  I don't know how many thousand li the Pengʹs back is.

Synonyms

大鵬／大鹏 (dàpéng)

Compounds

大鵬／大鹏 (dàpéng)
萬里鵬程／万里鹏程
萬里鵬翼／万里鹏翼
鯤鵬／鲲鹏 (kūnpéng)
鯤鵬展翅／鲲鹏展翅

鵬圖／鹏图
鵬摶／鹏抟
鵬程萬里／鹏程万里 (péngchéngwànlǐ)
鵬舉／鹏举
鵬舉獎章／鹏举奖章

鵬鯤／鹏鲲
鵬鷃／鹏𮭨
鷃鵬／𮭨鹏
鷽鳩笑鵬／鸴鸠笑鹏 (xuéjiūxiàopéng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鵬):

→ Korean: 붕(鵬) (bung)
→ Vietnamese: bằng (鵬)

Japanese

Shinjitai	鵬
Kyūjitai [1]	鵬󠄁 鵬+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	鵬󠄃 鵬+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

鵬

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

peng (fabled large bird)

Readings

Go-on: ぼう (bō)
Kan-on: ほう (hō)
Kun: おおとり (ōtori, 鵬)^{←おほとり (ofotori, 鵬, historical)}
Nanori: とも (tomo); ゆき (yuki)

Compounds

鵬程(ほうてい) (hōtei, “large distance”)
鵬図(ほうと) (hōto, “large scheme”)
鵬翼(ほうよく) (hōyoku, “wings of a peng → wings of an aircraft → aircraft”)
大鵬(たいほう) (taihō, “dapeng”)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鵬
ほう Jinmeiyō
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 鵬 (MC bəŋ).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほー [hóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ː]

Noun

鵬(ほう) or 鵬(ぼう) • (hō or bō)

(Chinese mythology) peng: a fabled large bird thought to have wings measuring 3,000 li and can soar up to 90,000 li
Synonym: 大鳥 (ōtori)

Idioms

鯤鵬(こんほう) (konhō, “kun and peng → something extremely large”)

Proper noun

鵬(ほう) • (Hō)

a male or female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鵬
おおとり Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 鵬 – see the following entry.

【おおとり】

[noun] any large bird (crane, stork, swan, etc.)

[noun] any majestic bird of legend (peng, fenghuang, phoenix, roc, etc.)

[proper noun] 鵬: a surname

Alternative spellings
大鳥, 鵬, 鳳, 鴻

(This term, 鵬, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 2409 (paper), page 1256 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

鵬 (eumhun 대붕 붕 (daebung bung))

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Vietnamese

Han character

鵬: Hán Nôm readings: bằng, bành

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[1] 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 2409 (paper), page 1256 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN