■ radical

péng

friend

How it’s built

Pictograph of two strings of objects mounted together. Originally meant "pair", later the meaning shifted to "friend". The modern form is visually similar to 月 (moon) but the meaning is not related.

Through the ages

Bronze script

Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 朋 as a component, most common first.

鹏péngfabulous bird of enormous size 崩bēngto rupture 棚péngshack 绷běngto bind 鵬péngfabulous bird of enormous size

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