澎

péng

verb #51,773

Meanings

波涛澎湃，拍打着礁石。

Bōtāo péngpài, pāidǎ zhe jiāoshí.

The waves crashed and surged against the rocks.

他心中充满澎湃的激情。

Tā xīnzhōng chōngmǎn péngpài de jīqíng.

His heart was full of surging passion.

usage

澎 appears mainly in 澎湃 (surging, used both of waves and of strong, swelling emotion) and in the place name 澎湖 (the Penghu Islands).

radical

氵 shuǐ

water (left-side form of 水)

The three-drop water radical (left-side form of 水) gives the meaning: surging, splashing water.

phonetic

彭 péng

(a surname); sound of drums

On the right 彭 supplies the sound exactly. Its own drumming-sound flavor reinforces the booming crash of waves.

澎 péng