澎

péng

verb #51,773

Meanings

HSK 7-9

波涛澎湃，拍打着礁石。

Bōtāo péngpài, pāidǎ zhe jiāoshí.

The waves crashed and surged against the rocks.

HSK 7-9

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