篷

péng
noun #12,681

Meanings

  1. 1 canopy; awning; covering (of a boat or vehicle)

Examples

HSK 5
Chuán péng bèi fēng chuī de gǔ qǐlái le.
The boat's canopy was puffed up by the wind.

Tips

mistakes
Don't confuse 篷 (péng, canopy/awning) with 蓬 (péng, fluffy/disheveled) - same pronunciation but different meanings. 帐篷 (tent) uses 篷, while 蓬松 (fluffy) uses 蓬.

Components

radical
⺮ zhú
bamboo (top radical)
Bamboo radical in its squat top form - two leaf-clusters on short stalks, compressed to sit as a cap. Anchors 篷 in the bamboo family: canopies and awnings on old boats and carts were woven from split bamboo. Same top heads 笑, 答, 笔, 算 - anything stitched or counted with bamboo.
phonetic
逢 féng
to meet by chance
Lower 逢 supplies the sound: féng → péng through a clean p/f Mandarin alternation seen across the 夆 phonetic family (峰 peak, 蜂 bee, 锋 sharp edge, 缝 to sew). The 'meet' meaning does not feed into 篷 - near-pure phonetic loan. Memory hook: travellers happening to meet under a bamboo awning.

Stroke Order

篷 péng