鹏

鵬

péng

noun #43,823

Meanings

1 roc (a giant mythical bird)

Characters

鹏

péng

roc (a giant mythical bird)

Examples

HSK 5

传说大鹏一飞九万里。

Chuánshuō dà péng yì fēi jiǔ wàn lǐ.

The legend says the roc can fly ninety thousand li in one go.

HSK 7-9

祝你事业鹏程万里。

Zhù nǐ shìyè péngchéng-wànlǐ.

May your career soar like the roc spreading its wings.

Tips

culture

The 鹏 is a colossal bird in Zhuangzi's opening fable, transformed from a giant fish. It symbolizes vast ambition, which is why 鹏程万里 ('a roc's journey of ten thousand li') is a classic blessing for a soaring career.

Components

radical

鸟 niǎo

bird

Right bird radical, the indexing component, marking 鹏 as a bird. Here the bird is mythic and immense rather than ordinary. Same family as 鸡 and 鸭.

phonetic

朋 péng

friend

Left 朋 supplies the sound - péng with no tone shift. It contributes no meaning here; it is a pure phonetic, the same series feeding 棚.

Stroke Order

鹏 péng

鹏