Character: 彭
Modern (Beijing) reading: péng
Preclassic Old Chinese: b(h)āŋ
Classic Old Chinese: b(h)āŋ
Western Han Chinese: b(h)āŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: b(h)āŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: b(h)āŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: b(h)āŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: b(h)āŋ
Middle Chinese: bwâŋ
English meaning : forceful, overbearing
Russian meaning[s]: 1) удары барабана, барабанный бой; 2) долговечный; 3) см. 彭彭; 4) Пэн (фамилия); [páng] сбоку; вблизи, вм. 旁
Comments: Also read *bhrāŋ, MC bạ̈iŋ id. (whence Pek. péng; for *bh cf. Min readings: Xiamen phĩ2, lit. phiŋ2, Chaozhou phẽ2, Fuzhou, Jianou phaŋ2); *pāŋ, MC pwâŋ 'very, much'; 'be going pang-pang (of rhythmically trampling feet or hoofs)'. The alternation *bh- / *p- is not quite clear - perhaps we deal here with a confusion of originally different roots and should reconstruct *bāŋ, with the form *bhrāŋ influenced by 膨 q.v.
Radical: 59
Four-angle index: 4075
Karlgren code: 0750 a-d
