鲲鹏
kūn​péng

great ambition

鲲 kūn spawn Simplified

Components

鱼
鱼 Meaning component
yú fish

fish

昆
昆 Sound component
kūn elder brother

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鹏 péng, fèng fabulous bird of enormous size Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 朋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鵬.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
朋
朋 Sound component
péng friend

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鯤 spawn Traditional

Components

魚
魚 Meaning component
yú fish

fish

昆
昆 Sound component
kūn elder brother

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkuːn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

鵬 fabulous bird of enormous size Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 朋 represents the sound.

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
朋
朋 Sound component
péng friend

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangbɯːŋ
Unicodebhəng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica