弸

弸

弸 U+5F38, 弸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F38 ← 強 [U+5F37] CJK Unified Ideographs 弹 → [U+5F39]

Translingual

Han character

弸 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓月月 (NBB), four-corner 1722₀, composition ⿰弓朋)

1. a bow stretched to its furthest extent
2. tensely drawn

References

• KangXi: page 360, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9817
• Dae Jaweon: page 676, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 998, character 13
• Unihan data for U+5F38

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		弸

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): péng (peng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pang⁴, bang¹

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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)⁺
    • Jyutping: pang⁴, bang¹
    • Yale: pàhng, bāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pang⁴, bang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: peng⁴, beng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐŋ²¹/, /pɐŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /pʰˠɛŋ/, /bˠɛŋ/

Rime
Character	弸	弸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	普耕切	薄萌切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠɛŋ/	/bˠɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚæŋ/	/bᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰɐŋ/	/bɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰəɨjŋ/	/bəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/pʰɛŋ/	/bɛŋ/
Wang Li	/pʰæŋ/	/bæŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰæŋ/	/bʱæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pēng	péng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pang1	pang4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰrɯːŋ/, /*brɯːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	弸	弸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9675	9678
Phonetic component	朋	朋
Rime group	蒸	蒸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	怦	輣
Old Chinese	/*pʰrɯːŋ/	/*brɯːŋ/
Notes	見揚雄賦

Definitions

弸

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Compounds

弸中彪外

弸弓

弸彋

References

• “弸”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

弸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ほう (hō); ひょう (hyō)
• Kun: みちる (michiru)