鹏

鵬

péng

noun #43,823

Meanings

1 roc (a giant mythical bird)

Characters

鹏

péng

roc (a giant mythical bird)

Examples

祝你事业鹏程万里。

Zhù nǐ shìyè péngchéng-wànlǐ.

May your career soar like the roc spreading its wings.

传说大鹏一飞九万里。

Chuánshuō dà péng yì fēi jiǔwànlǐ.

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

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