棚
shed; canopy; shack
12 strokes
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How 棚 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “wood”) + 朋 (phonetic, péng)
How to remember it
shed · Heisig RSH #1561
木 tree + 朋 companion
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 朋
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 朋 (péng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朋 sound component | péng | friend, pal, acquaintance |
| 崩 | bēng | to rupture, to split apart; to collapse; death, demise |
| 绷 | bēng | to bind, to strap, to draw firm |
| 鹏 | péng | fabulous bird of enormous size |
| 硼 | péng | borax, boron |
| 堋 | péng | to bury |
Words containing 棚
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席 | qiān lǐ dā cháng péng , méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí | even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idio… |
| 棚架格子 | péng jià gé zi | trellis latticework |
| 棚户区 | péng hù qū | shantytown |
| 住棚节 | Zhù péng jié | Sukkot or Succoth, Jewish holiday |
| 录音棚 | lù yīn péng | recording studio |
| 棚子 | péng zi | shack; shed; CL:間|间[jian1] |
| 大棚 | dà péng | greenhouse; polytunnel |
| 天棚 | tiān péng | ceiling; awning |
| 手搭凉棚 | shǒu dā liáng péng | to shade one's eyes with one's hand |
| 打棚 | dǎ péng | (dialect) to joke |
| 工棚 | gōng péng | temporary construction-site shed (sometimes used as workers' accommodation) |
| 简易棚 | jiǎn yì péng | makeshift shelter; awning |
| 牛棚 | niú péng | cowshed; makeshift detention center set up by Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution; (base… |
| 货棚 | huò péng | covered stall; shed |
| 雨棚 | yǔ péng | awning |
| 棚顶 | péng dǐng | canopy; roof; ceiling |
| 顶棚 | dǐng péng | ceiling; awning (under ceiling) |
| 摄影棚 | shè yǐng péng | film studio; television studio |
| 棚户 | péng hù | shacks; shack-dwellers; slum-dwellers |
| 棚架 | péng jià | trellis; scaffolding |