彭
surname Peng
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,985 U+5F6D
How 彭 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
The sound 彡 of drums 壴
components: 壴 彡
How to remember it
Peng · Heisig RSH #3006
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 彭 as their sound component
These characters all use 彭 (péng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 彭 sound component | péng | name of an ancient country; surname |
| 膨 | péng | bloated, inflated, swollen; to swell |
| 澎 | péng | to splatter |
| 蟛 | péng | land-crab; Grapsus |
| 嘭 | pēng | onomatopoetic, the sound of a crash or bang |
| 甏 | bèng | a squat jar for holding wine, sauces, etc |
Words containing 彭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 彭水苗族土家族自治县 | Péng shuǐ Miáo zú Tǔ jiā zú Zì zhì xiàn | Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County in southeastern Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] |
| 彭山区 | Péng shān Qū | Pengshan, a district of Meishan City 眉山市[Mei2 shan1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 彭水县 | Péng shuǐ xiàn | Pengshui Miao and Tujia autonomous county in Qianjiang suburbs of Chongqing municipality |
| 彭阳县 | Péng yáng Xiàn | Pengyang, a county in Guyuan City 固原市[Gu4 yuan2 Shi4], Ningxia |
| 彭州市 | Péng zhōu Shì | Pengzhou, a county-level city in Chengdu City 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 彭博新闻社 | Péng bó Xīn wén shè | Bloomberg News |
| 彭博通讯社 | Péng bó Tōng xùn shè | Bloomberg L.P., financial software services, news and data company |
| 彭湖岛 | Péng hú Dǎo | Penghu island county of Taiwan, off the coast of Kaohsiung |
| 彭麻麻 | Péng má má | Mommy Peng, nickname for Peng Liyuan 彭麗媛|彭丽媛[Peng2 Li4 yuan2] |
| 彭定康 | Péng Dìng kāng | Chris Patten (1944-), last British Governor of Hong Kong 1992-1997 |
| 彭博社 | Péng bó shè | Bloomberg News |
| 彭德怀 | Péng Dé huái | Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo memb… |
| 彭县 | Péng xiàn | Peng county in Sichuan |
| 彭山 | Péng shān | see 彭山區|彭山区[Peng2 shan1 Qu1] |
| 彭斯 | Péng sī | Mike Pence (1959-), US Republican politician, US vice president from 2017 |
| 彭泽县 | Péng zé Xiàn | Pengze, a county in Jiujiang City 九江市[Jiu3 jiang1 Shi4], Jiangxi |
| 彭阳 | Péng yáng | see 彭陽縣|彭阳县[Peng2 yang2 Xian4] |
| 加彭 | Jiā péng | Gabon (Tw) |
| 彭州 | Péng zhōu | see 彭州市[Peng2 zhou1 Shi4] |
| 彭真 | Péng Zhēn | Peng Zhen (1902-1997), Chinese communist leader |