鹏抟
péng​tuán

soar high

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

抟 tuán, zhuàn, zhuān roll around with hand Simplified

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

专
专 Sound component
zhuān monopolize

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

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

摶 roll around with hand Traditional

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

專
專 Sound component
zhuān monopolize

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdwan[d]ˤonround; make round
Zhengzhangdoːn
doːn
donʔ
Unicodedhuɑn

說文解字

圜也。从手專聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)