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鹏

Péng

Character Traditional 鵬

What 鹏 means

1. Peng, large fabulous bird
2. roc

Words starting with 鹏

• 鹏鸟péng niǎoroc (mythical bird of prey); great talent
• 鹏抟péng tuánto strive for greatness
• 鹏程万里péng chéng wàn lǐthe fabled roc flies ten thousand miles (idiom); one's future prospects are brilliant

Words containing 鹏

• 李鹏Lǐ PéngLi Peng (1928-2019), leading PRC politician, prime minister 1987-1998, reportedly leader…
• 大鹏dà pénglegendary giant bird
• 李亚鹏Lǐ Yà péngLi Yapeng (1971-), PRC actor
• 黄鹏huáng péngoriole; black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
• 大鹏鸟dà péng niǎoroc (mythical bird of prey)
• 大鹏新区Dà péng Xīn qūDapeng New District, a district of Shenzhen City 深圳市
• 鲲鹏kūn péngkun 鲲; peng, a gigantic bird transformed from the kun
• 鲲鹏展翅kūn péng zhǎn chìlit. the giant Peng bird spreads its wings and begins to fly…

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
• 绷bēngto draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); (bound form) embroidery hoop
• 硼péngboron (chemistry)
• 堋péngtarget in archery

Characters that look like 鹏

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

• 腕wànwrist; (squid, starfish etc) arm
• 鹅égoose
• 酮tóngketone
• 腮sāicheek
• 鹌ānused in 鹌鹑
• 鹋miáoused in 鸸鹋

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
• 棚shed; canopy; shack
• 硼boron (chemistry)
• 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