Original meaning: sound of a drum
Depicts the sound (彡) coming from a drum (壴). Based on the original meaning "sound of a drum". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | baeng | C.[b]ˤraŋ | (place name) |
說文解字
《說文》：“彭，鼓聲也。从壴，彡聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | xæng | qʰˤraŋ | penetrate |
| phæng | [p.qʰ]ˤraŋ | (loan for) to boil | |
| xjangX | [qʰ]aŋʔ | sacrificial offering | |
| Zhengzhang | qʰaŋʔ | ||
| pqʰraːŋ | |||
| qʰraːŋ |
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica