Péng
noun #9,987

Meanings

  1. 1 Peng (surname)
  2. 2 sound of drumming (onomatopoeia)

Examples

Lǎo Péng shì wǒ de línjū.
Old Peng is my neighbor.
Wǒ xìng Péng, Péngdéhuái de Péng.
My surname is Peng, as in Peng Dehuai.

Tips

culture
A common Chinese surname. When introducing themselves, Chinese people often reference a famous person with the same character to clarify which they mean.

Components

radical
shān
fine lines; bristles (radical)
Right three diagonal hairs — the radical for 'streaks, lines, decoration.' Here it depicts the sound waves rippling out from the drum: three slanting strokes acting as motion-lines in an early Chinese comic-book panel. Same waveform marks form, shadow, must — wherever radiation or pattern needs visualizing.
semantic
zhù
drum on a stand
Left — pictograph of a ceremonial drum on a stand: upper plume of feathers, round drum body, base. Carries the entire meaning of : originally the onomatopoetic 'boom-boom' of beating that drum. Later froze into a surname after the legendary long-lived 彭祖 Pengzu.

In Pop Culture

彭德怀 Péngdéhuái
Peng Dehuai
PRC Marshal and Korean War military commander
Péng Yú yàn
Eddie Peng
Taiwanese actor known for action films

Stroke Order

Péng