朋

Stroke order

朋 (Kangxi radical 74, 月+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月月 (BB), four-corner 7722₀, composition ⿰月月)

• 倗, 𭈒, 堋, 𡞇, 𡹔, 弸, 㥊, 掤, 淜, 𨹹, 棚, 𣨥, 焩, 㻚, 𬓃, 硼, 稝, 䙀, 𭘯, 𭩀, 𮇧, 綳(绷), 𧌇, 𮘚, 𬦒, 𨂃, 輣(𰺏), 錋, 𬭖, 𣎠, 𩋒, 𱃅, 𱃫, 𦎿, 𩸀, 𪂙, 𡕑
• 𠜳, 𠡮, 𢽩, 𣂤, 㽰, 鵬(鹏), 奟, 𫳕, 崩, 萠, 𰁝, 𰜆, 𭑚, 𥦜, 𫷚, 𬕔, 𬙶, 䨜, 鬅, 𦣓, 𢉁, 痭, 𰿱, 𰉼, 𤊏, 𰤜, 𥂀, 𮥾, 𣎡, 𭩇, 朤, 𭩍
• 𭊏, 𪼔, 𨝙, 𠞳, 𬽚, 𤑌, 𡎾, 𨲰, 𨼖, 𤅘, 𦇽

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 504, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14340
• Dae Jaweon: page 883, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2050, character 6
• Unihan data for U+670B

Historical forms of the character 朋
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) .

The oracle bone script form consisted of two strings of five cowries. Some forms of the oracle bone script contained an additional 人 which later evolved into 勹 (OC *pruː), which served as a phonetic component. The glyph was eventually corrupted to a duplication of 月 (“moon”).

Shuowen erroneously suggests 朋 (OC *bɯːŋ) was the ancient form of 鳳 (OC *bums).

朋

1. ^† unit of shell money; various theories exist about the exact amount

   • 既見君子、錫我百朋。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     既见君子、锡我百朋。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Jì jiàn jūnzǐ, xī wǒ bǎi péng.

     We see our noble lord,
     And he gives us a hundred sets of cowries.

2. friend

   朋友  ―  péngyǒu  ―  friend

   良朋  ―  liángpéng  ―  good friend

   • 有朋自遠方來，不亦樂乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yǒu péng zì yuǎnfāng lái, bù yì yuè hū?

     Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters?

3. (literary) to gang up; to band together
4. (literary) to be similar; to equal

   碩大無朋／硕大无朋  ―  shuòdàwúpéng  ―  exceptionally large; enormous

5. a surname

• “朋”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Shinjitai	朋
Kyūjitai	朋󠄁 朋+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	朋󠄃 朋+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. friend
2. faction

• Go-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)
• Kun: とも (tomo, 朋)
• Nanori: とも (tomo)

朋(とも) • (Tomo) 

1. a female given name

From Middle Chinese 朋 (MC bong). Recorded as Middle Korean 브ᇰ (pung) (Yale: pung) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

朋

Wikisource

朋 (eumhun 벗 붕 (beot bung))

1. Hanja form^? of 붕 (“friend”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

朋: Hán Nôm readings: bằng, bẵng

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