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Translingual
Han character
膨 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月土廿竹 (BGTH), four-corner 72222, composition ⿰月彭)
- to swell
- swollen, bloated, inflated
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 994, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29861
- Dae Jaweon: page 1445, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2110, character 5
- Unihan data for U+81A8
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 澎
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*pʰraːŋ, *braːŋ
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| 彭
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*braːŋ
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| 膨
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*braːŋ, *braːŋs
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| 蟚
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*braːŋ
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| 蟛
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*braːŋ
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| 憉
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*braːŋ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *braːŋ, *braːŋs) : semantic 肉 (“meat; flesh”) + phonetic 彭 (OC *braːŋ).
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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膨
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膨
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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9682
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9687
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Phonetic
component
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彭
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彭
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Rime
group
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陽
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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彭
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膨
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Old
Chinese
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/*braːŋ/
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/*braːŋs/
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Definitions
膨
- to swell; to inflate
- swollen; bloated; inflated
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
膨
(Jōyō kanji)
- swollen, inflated
Readings
Korean
Hanja
膨 • (paeng) (hangeul 팽, revised paeng, McCune–Reischauer p'aeng, Yale phayng)
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Vietnamese
Han character
膨: Hán Nôm readings: bành
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