péng
noun #43,823

Meanings

  1. 1 roc (a giant mythical bird)

Examples

Zhù nǐ shìyè péngchéng-wànlǐ.
May your career soar like the roc spreading its wings.
传说九万里
Chuánshuō dà péng yì fēi jiǔwànlǐ.
The legend says the roc can fly ninety thousand li in one go.

Tips

culture
The 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
niǎo
bird
Right bird radical, the indexing component, marking as a bird. Here the bird is mythic and immense rather than ordinary. Same family as and .
phonetic
péng
friend
Left supplies the sound — péng with no tone shift. It contributes no meaning here; it is a pure phonetic, the same series feeding .

Stroke Order

péng