péng

luxuriant growth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbuwng[b]ˤ[o]mluxuriant, bushy, thick
Zhengzhangboːŋ
bum

說文解字

艸盛也。从艸凡聲。《詩》曰:“芃芃黍苗。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica