庞培
Páng​péi

Pompeii

庞 páng huge Simplified

Original meaning: tall house

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 龙 represents the sound. The meaning later extended to "huge" and "disorderly". Simplified form of 龐.

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof

Depicts a building.

龙
龙 Sound component
lóng dragon

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

培 péi bank up with dirt, cultivate

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 咅 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
咅
咅 Sound component
pǒu to spit out

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangboːʔ
bɯː

說文解字

《說文》：“培，培墩，土田山川也。从土，咅聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

龐 páng huge, disorderly Traditional

Original meaning: tall house

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 龍 represents the sound. The meaning later extended to "huge" and "disorderly".

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof

Depicts a building.

龍
龍 Sound component
lóng dragon

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbaewng[b]ˤroŋ huge

說文解字

《說文》：“龐，高屋也。从广，龍聲。”

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)