彭

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surname Peng

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Strokes: 12
Radical: 彡 +9
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 彭
Common rank: #1,985
Unicode: U+5F6D

Formation & memory

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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.

Words with 彭

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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

Sound family

These characters use 彭 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
彭 sound part	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