碰

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to touch; to meet with; to bump

Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

石 meaning “rock” + 並 sound

Components 石並

bump · Heisig RSH #2755

石 stone + side by side

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
鸡蛋碰石头	jī dàn pèng shí tou	lit. an egg colliding with a rock (idiom); fig. to attack sb stronger than oneself; to ove…
碰一鼻子灰	pèng yī bí zi huī	lit. to have one's nose rubbed in the dirt; fig. to meet with a sharp rebuff
单方过失碰撞	dān fāng guò shī pèng zhuàng	collision in which only one party is at fault
碰运气	pèng yùn qi	to try one's luck; to leave sth to chance
对对碰	duì duì pèng	concentration (a pair-matching game)
碰头	pèng tóu	to meet; to hold a meeting
瞎猫碰上死耗子	xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zi	a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom); blind luck
碰上	pèng shàng	to run into; to come upon; to meet
碰面	pèng miàn	to meet; to run into (sb); to get together (with sb)
门碰	mén pèng	doorstop
碰撞造山	pèng zhuàng zào shān	collisional orogeny; mountain building as a result of continents colliding
碰见	pèng jiàn	to run into; to meet (unexpectedly); to bump into
碰倒	pèng dǎo	to knock sth over
碰钉子	pèng dīng zi	to meet with a rebuff
硬碰硬	yìng pèng yìng	to meet force with force; painstaking
碰到	pèng dào	to come across; to run into; to meet; to hit
相碰撞	xiāng pèng zhuàng	to collide with one another
碰击	pèng jī	to knock against; to knock together; to rattle
碰碰车	pèng pèng chē	bumper car
碰壁	pèng bì	to hit a wall; (fig.) to hit a brick wall; to hit a snag; to have the door slammed in one'…

Characters sharing the sound component 並 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
並 sound part	—	to combine, to annex; also, what's more
椪	pèng	Machilus nanmu, a variety of evergreen
湴	bàn	mud, mire