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硼

péng

Character

What 硼 means

1. boron (chemistry)

Words starting with 硼

• 硼砂péng shāborax
• 硼酸péng suānboric acid H3BO3

Words containing 硼

• 三氟化硼sān fú huà péngboron trifluoride

Characters built on 朋

These share the phonetic component 朋 (péng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 崩bēngto collapse; to fall into ruins; death of king or emperor
• 棚péngshed; canopy; shack
• 鹏PéngPeng, large fabulous bird; roc
• 绷bēngto draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); (bound form) embroidery hoop
• 堋péngtarget in archery

Characters that look like 硼

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 雅yǎelegant
• 锤chuíhammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
• 稠chóudense; crowded; thick
• 雏chú(bound form) chick; young bird
• 锺zhōngnonstandard simplified variant of 钟
• 缨yīngtassel; sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc); ribbon

Sounds the same

Read péng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 朋friend
• 蓬fleabane (family Asteraceae); disheveled; classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes…
• 膨swollen
• 篷sail
• 鹏Peng, large fabulous bird; roc
• 棚shed; canopy; shack
• 澎used in 澎湃; Taiwan pr. pēng
• 芃luxuriant growth
• 堋target in archery
• 弸strong bow; bowstring; to fill; full
• 淜roar of dashing waves
• 痭menorrhagia