蓬

蓬 U+84EC, 蓬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84EC ← 蓫 [U+84EB] CJK Unified Ideographs 蓭 → [U+84ED]

Translingual

Han character

蓬 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜竹十 (TYHJ), four-corner 4430₄, composition ⿱艹逢)

Derived characters

• 𡂫, 𢸚, 鑝, 𤂧, 𤑫, 𣟀, 纄, 𡓄, 𢩣, 𨏕, 𧴟, 𧓶

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1052, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31720
• Dae Jaweon: page 1514, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3267, character 8
• Unihan data for U+84EC

Chinese

trad.		蓬
simp. #		蓬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丰) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
邦	*proːŋ
梆	*proːŋ
垹	*proːŋ
肨	*pʰroːŋs, *pʰroːŋs
蚌	*broːŋʔ, *breːŋʔ
玤	*broːŋʔ
棒	*broːŋʔ
蜯	*broːŋʔ
琫	*poːŋʔ
菶	*poːŋʔ, *boːŋʔ
俸	*poːŋʔ, *boŋs
髼	*boːŋ
蜂	*boːŋ, *pʰoŋ
韸	*boːŋ
蓬	*boːŋ
篷	*boːŋ
唪	*boːŋʔ, *boŋʔ
埲	*boːŋʔ
丰	*pʰoŋ
妦	*pʰoŋ
仹	*pʰoŋ
峯	*pʰoŋ
峰	*pʰoŋ
鋒	*pʰoŋ
烽	*pʰoŋ
蠭	*pʰoŋ
桻	*pʰoŋ
莑	*pʰoŋ
夆	*pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds
捧	*pʰoŋʔ
逢	*boŋ
縫	*boŋ, *boŋs
漨	*boŋ
捀	*boŋ, *boŋs
奉	*boŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *boːŋ) : semantic 艸 (“vegetation”) + phonetic 逢 (OC *boŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): péng (peng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄥˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): pong²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): pung⁴ / fung⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): puung³

• Gan (Wiktionary): pung²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pùng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pung²

• Jin (Wiktionary): peng¹
• Northern Min (KCR): pô̤ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): pùng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phông / pông / hông / phōng / pōng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pong⁵

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): pong⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶bon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): pong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: péng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: péng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻêng²
    • Yale: péng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: perng
    • Palladius: пэн (pɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɤŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: pong²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: pung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰoŋ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pung⁴ / fung⁴
    • Yale: pùhng / fùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pung⁴ / fung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pung⁴ / fung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰʊŋ²¹/, /fʊŋ²¹/

Note: fung4 - variant.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: puung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɵŋ²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: pung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuŋ²⁴/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: bung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bung²
    • Sinological IPA: /puŋ¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pung²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰʊŋ¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: peng¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pʰə̃ŋ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pô̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phông
    • Tâi-lô: phông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /pʰɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pông
    • Tâi-lô: pông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông
    • Tâi-lô: hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoong
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phōng
    • Tâi-lô: phōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phong
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pōng
    • Tâi-lô: pōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pong
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pɔŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pong⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰoŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: pong⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰɔŋ²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶bon
    • MiniDict: bon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /boŋ²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: pong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /pʰʊŋ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /pʰən¹³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 蓬
Mandarin	Beijing	/pʰəŋ³⁵/
	Harbin	/pʰəŋ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/pʰəŋ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/pʰəŋ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/pʰəŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/pʰəŋ⁴²/
	Xi'an	/pʰəŋ²⁴/
	Xining	/pʰə̃²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/pʰəŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/pʰə̃n⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/pʰɤŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/pʰoŋ²¹³/
	Chengdu	/pʰoŋ³¹/
	Guiyang	/pʰoŋ²¹/
	Kunming	/pʰoŋ³¹/
	Nanjing	/pʰən²⁴/
	Hefei	/pʰəŋ⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/pʰəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/pʰəŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/pʰə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/boŋ²³/
	Suzhou	/boŋ¹³/
	Hangzhou	/boŋ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/boŋ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/pʰʌ̃⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/pʰan⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/poŋ¹³/
	Xiangtan	/bən¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/pʰuŋ²⁴/
Hakka	Meixian	/pʰuŋ¹¹/
	Taoyuan	/pʰuŋ¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/pʰoŋ²¹/
	Nanning	/pʰuŋ²¹/
	Hong Kong	/pʰoŋ²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/pʰɔŋ³⁵/ /pʰaŋ³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/pʰuŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/pʰɔŋ³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/pʰoŋ⁵⁵/ /pʰaŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/foŋ³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: buwng

Rime
Character	蓬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	薄紅切
Baxter	buwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/buŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/buŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bəwŋ/
Li Rong	/buŋ/
Wang Li	/buŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	péng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*boːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蓬
Reading #	1/1
No.	3216
Phonetic component	丰
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蓬
Old Chinese	/*boːŋ/

Definitions

蓬

1. type of raspberry
2. Korean mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
3. fleabane
4. disheveled
5. flourishing; vigorous
6. (colloquial) fluffy; soft
7. Classifier for clumps of items.
8. a surname

Compounds

• 亂蓬蓬／乱蓬蓬
• 孤蓬
• 屏蓬
• 推蓬裝／推蓬装
• 斗蓬裝
• 斷梗飄蓬／断梗飘蓬
• 斷梗飛蓬／断梗飞蓬
• 方蓬
• 朝氣蓬勃／朝气蓬勃 (zhāoqìpéngbó)
• 桑弧蓬矢
• 桑蓬之志
• 漂零蓬斷／漂零蓬断
• 生氣蓬勃／生气蓬勃 (shēngqìpéngbó)
• 白蓬蓬
• 茅椽蓬牖
• 萍蓬
• 萍飄蓬轉／萍飘蓬转
• 蓬亂／蓬乱
• 蓬勃 (péngbó)
• 蓬塘
• 蓬壺／蓬壶
• 蓬室居
• 蓬屋生輝／蓬屋生辉
• 蓬山 (Péngshān)
• 蓬島／蓬岛
• 蓬戶士／蓬户士
• 蓬戶甕牖／蓬户瓮牖
• 蓬拆
• 蓬沓
• 蓬瀛
• 蓬瀛仙境
• 蓬生麻中，不扶而直 (péng shēng má zhōng, bù fú ér zhí)
• 蓬窗
• 蓬舟
• 蓬茅
• 蓬茆
• 蓬茸
• 蓬萊／蓬莱 (pénglái)
• 蓬萊仙境／蓬莱仙境
• 蓬萊仙島／蓬莱仙岛 (Pénglái Xiāndǎo)
• 蓬萊宮／蓬莱宫 (Pénglái Gōng)
• 蓬萊弱水／蓬莱弱水
• 蓬萊米／蓬莱米 (péngláimǐ)
• 蓬葆
• 蓬蒿 (pénghāo)
• 蓬蒿人
• 蓬蒿滿徑／蓬蒿满径
• 蓬蓽／蓬荜
• 蓮蓬／莲蓬
• 蓬蓬 (péngpéng)
• 蓬蓬勃勃 (péngpéngbóbó)
• 蓬蓽增輝／蓬荜增辉
• 蓬蓬孛孛
• 蓬蓽有輝／蓬荜有辉
• 蓬蓬然
• 蓬蓽生光／蓬荜生光
• 蓬蓽生輝／蓬荜生辉
• 蓮蓬頭／莲蓬头
• 蓬虆 (péngléi)
• 蓬轉／蓬转
• 蓬門／蓬门
• 蓬門荊布／蓬门荆布
• 蓽門蓬戶／荜门蓬户
• 蓬門蓽戶／蓬门荜户
• 蓬閬／蓬阆
• 蓬閭生輝／蓬闾生辉
• 蓬頭／蓬头
• 蓬頭垢面／蓬头垢面 (péngtóugòumiàn)
• 蓬頭鬼／蓬头鬼
• 蓬顆／蓬颗
• 蓬首
• 蓬首垢面 (péngshǒugòumiàn)
• 蓬髮／蓬发
• 蓬鬆／蓬松 (péngsōng)
• 蓬鬢／蓬鬓
• 轉蓬／转蓬
• 頭蓬眼瘇／头蓬眼瘇
• 飄蓬／飘蓬
• 飄蓬斷梗／飘蓬断梗
• 飛蓬／飞蓬 (fēipéng)
• 飛蓬之問／飞蓬之问
• 飛蓬乘風／飞蓬乘风
• 飛蓬隨風／飞蓬随风
• 首如飛蓬／首如飞蓬

 

References

• “Entry #11343”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji

蓬

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. artemisia; mugwort, sagebrush, wormwood

Readings

• Go-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)
• Kun: えもぎ (emogi, 蓬)、ほおける (hōkeru, 蓬ける)、ほける (hokeru, 蓬ける)、ほほける (hohokeru, 蓬ける)、よもぎ (yomogi, 蓬)
• Nanori: とも (tomo)、ほ (ho)

Compounds

• 蓬(ほう)庵(あん) (hōan)
• 蓬(ほう)宇(う) (hōu)
• 蓬(ほう)屋(おく) (hōoku)
• 蓬(ほう)瀛(えい) (hōei)
• 蓬(ほう)顆(か) (hōka)
• 蓬(ほう)艾(がい) (hōgai)
• 蓬(ほう)戸(こ) (hōko)
• 蓬(ほう)蒿(こう) (hōkō)
• 蓬(ほう)矢(し) (hōshi)
• 蓬(ほう)室(しつ) (hōshitsu)
• 蓬(ほう)舎(しゃ) (hōsha)
• 蓬(ほう)心(しん) (hōshin)
• 蓬(ほう)生(せい) (hōsei)
• 蓬(ほう)転(てん) (hōten)
• 蓬(ほう)島(とう) (hōtō)
• 蓬(ほう)頭(とう) (hōtō)
• 蓬(ほう)髪(はつ) (hōhatsu)
• 蓬(ほう)蓽(ひつ) (hōhitsu)
• 蓬(ほう)飄(ひょう) (hōhyō)
• 蓬(ほう)葆(ほ) (hōho)
• 蓬(ほう)葆(ほう) (hōhō)
• 蓬(ほう)蓬(ほう) (hōhō)
• 蓬(ほう)勃(ぼつ) (hōbotsu)
• 蓬(ほう)門(もん) (hōmon)
• 蓬(ほう)莱(らい) (hōrai)
• 蓬(ほう)累(るい) (hōrui)
• 蓬(ほう)廬(ろ) (hōro)
• 飛(ひ)蓬(ほう) (hihō)

 

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蓬
よもぎ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
艾

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よもぎ [yòmógí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞mo̞ɡʲi]

Noun

蓬(よもぎ) or 蓬(ヨモギ) • (yomogi) 

1. mugwort

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 蓬 (MC buwng).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [po̞ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [봉]

Hanja

Wikisource

蓬 (eumhun 쑥 봉 (ssuk bong))

1. moxa, mugwort, wormwood

Synonyms

• 쑥 (ssuk)

Compounds

• 봉과 (蓬科, bonggwa)
• 봉괴 (蓬塊, bonggoe)
• 봉구 (蓬丘, bonggu)
• 봉도 (蓬島, bongdo)
• 봉두 (蓬頭, bongdu)
• 봉두구면 (蓬頭垢面, bongdugumyeon)
• 봉두난발 (蓬頭亂髮, bongdunanbal)
• 봉두역치 (蓬頭歷齒, bongduyeokchi)
• 봉래 (蓬萊, bongnae)
• 봉래산 (蓬萊山, bongnaesan)
• 봉래약수 (蓬萊弱水, bongnaeyaksu)
• 봉루 (蓬累, bongnu)
• 봉류 (蓬藟, bongnyu)
• 봉립 (蓬笠, bongnip)
• 봉문 (蓬門, bongmun)
• 봉박 (蓬箔, bongbak)
• 봉발 (蓬勃, bongbal)
• 봉발 (蓬髮, bongbal)
• 봉보 (蓬葆, bongbo)
• 봉봉 (蓬蓬, bongbong)
• 봉사 (蓬士, bongsa)
• 봉산 (蓬山, bongsan)
• 봉수 (蓬首, bongsu)
• 봉시 (蓬矢, bongsi)
• 봉실 (蓬室, bongsil)
• 봉심 (蓬心, bongsim)
• 봉암 (蓬庵, bong'am)
• 봉애 (蓬艾, bong'ae)
• 봉영 (蓬瀛, bong'yeong)
• 봉우 (蓬宇, bong'u)
• 봉원 (蓬原, bong'won)
• 봉자 (蓬茨, bongja)
• 봉전 (蓬轉, bongjeon)
• 봉정 (蓬征, bongjeong)
• 봉직 (蓬直, bongjik)
• 봉출 (蓬朮, bongchul)
• 봉필 (蓬蓽, bongpil)
• 봉호 (蓬戶, bongho)
• 봉호 (蓬壺, bongho)
• 봉호 (蓬蒿, bongho)
• 마중지봉 (麻中之蓬, majungjibong)
• 부평전봉 (浮萍轉蓬, bupyeongjeonbong)
• 비봉 (飛蓬, bibong)
• 상봉 (霜蓬, sangbong)
• 상봉지지 (桑蓬之志, sangbongjiji)
• 상호봉시 (桑弧蓬矢, sanghobongsi)
• 선봉 (船蓬, seonbong)
• 액봉 (額蓬, aekbong)
• 영봉 (瀛蓬, yeongbong)
• 월봉 (月蓬, wolbong)
• 율봉 (栗蓬, yulbong)
• 전봉 (轉蓬, jeonbong)
• 편봉 (編蓬, pyeonbong)

 

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]
• Zonmal.com Hanja Dictionary (존말닷컴 한자사전／漢字辭典) (2002-2005). [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

蓬: Hán Nôm readings: bồng

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