鹏 péng fabulous bird of enormous size
怎么记住“鹏”: 朋 friend + 鸟 bird = fabulous bird of enormous size. Two friends build a kite shaped like a bird, and the whole beach stares up at their fabulous bird of enormous size.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
鹏 = 朋 friend + 鸟 bird
- 朋 friend sound
- 月 moon
- 月 moon
- 鸟 bird meaning
Two friends build a kite shaped like a bird, and the whole beach stares up at their fabulous bird of enormous size.
How it came to be
The bird gives the meaning and the sign for friend the sound.
用法
- The mythical giant roc from Zhuangzi: pure literary/name usage. Idiom 鹏程万里 (péngchéng-wànlǐ) 'the roc's journey of ten thousand li' = a boundlessly bright future, said to wish someone soaring success.
- Extremely popular in male given names for its grand, ambitious feel.
- You'll meet it in blessings and names, essentially never as a common noun.