(péng)

12 strokes
Readingspéngbāng

surname Peng

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
péng / bāng
Meaning
surname Peng
Strokes
12
HSK level
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰壴彡

The sound 彡 of drums 壴

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write step by step

12 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

jiāpéng

Gabon (Tw)

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cénpéng

Cen Peng (died 35 AD), Chinese general

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pénghēng

Pahang province of Malaysia

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Pengjia Island, administered as part of Chilung or Keelung 基隆[Ji1 long2], Taiwan

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Chris Patten (1944-), last British Governor of Hong Kong 1992-1997

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péngshān

see 彭山区

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péngzhōu

see 彭州市[Peng2 zhou1 Shi4]

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Pengzhou, a county-level city in Chengdu City 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4], Sichuan

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