鵬
See also: 鹏
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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 | |
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simp. | 鹏 |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (朋) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese | |
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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
Definitions
鵬
- (Chinese mythology) peng (enormous bird)
- 鵬之背,不知其幾千里也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
- Péng zhī bèi, bùzhī qí jǐ qiān lǐ yě. [Pinyin]
- I don't know how many thousand li the Pengʹs back is.
鹏之背,不知其几千里也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
- 大鵬/大鹏 (dàpéng)
See also
- 鯤/鲲 (kūn)
Compounds
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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, historical)
- Nanori: とも (tomo); ゆき (yuki)
Compounds
Compounds
- 鵬程 (hōtei, “large distance”)
- 鵬図 (hōto, “large scheme”)
- 鵬翼 (hōyoku, “wings of a peng → wings of an aircraft → aircraft”)
- 大鵬 (taihō, “dapeng”)
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term |
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鵬 |
ほう Jinmeiyō |
kan’on |
From Middle Chinese 鵬 (MC bəŋ).
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) ほー [hóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
- IPA(key): [ho̞ː]
Noun
鵬 or 鵬 • (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 (konhō, “kun and peng → something extremely large”)
See also
- 鯤 (kon, “kun”)
- 鳳凰 (hōō, “fenghuang”)
Proper noun
鵬 • (Hō)
- a male or female given name
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term |
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鵬 |
おおとり Jinmeiyō |
kun’yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 鵬 – see the following entry. | ||
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(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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