Zi:朋

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[péng] friend (朋​ péngyǒu); ​朋​ boyfriend, ​朋​ girlfriend; companion; colleague/classmate [píng] ​: ​ [bēng] ​𡹔/​

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The simple-form character 朋 (8 strokes) is an old abbrev. of older complex forms such as ​𢐴 (18 strokes).
    Note: The character 朋 péng ‘friend’ looks like ​ yuè ‘moon’ doubled (cf. ​), but the old complex forms derive from old pictographs.
    The Shuōwén Seal form of 朋(​𢐴) péng/fèng ‘roc/phoenix’ is said to derive from old pictographs depicting the mythical/divine bird; formerly also wr. ​, ​/​(​𪈵).
    Compare: ​(​), as in ​(​𧜸); ​ péng ‘light-framed reed/mat-covered pavilion/tower’; ​ péng ‘(woven) bamboo shelter/shade (from rain/sun)’.
    Older graphs associated with 朋 are thought to depict strings/necklaces of cowries/jade/etc., later re-interpreted as the feathers of a fabulous/felicitous bird.
    Compare: ​/​ fèng; ​/​(​𪈵) péng/fèng; 朋(​𢐴) péng.
    Note: The forms ​/​, and 朋 are SW variants of ​/​ (mythical/auspicious bird), but usages diverged and merged over the years; there are two traditional readings of the mythical bird name (péng/fèng), but the character 朋 péng ‘friend’ has become specialized in modern usage; for semantic development, cf. ​ péng (fallen comrade).
    HDZ: 朋 : péng : (​) (​) ​ (朋: ​; ​; ​: ​; 朋: ​); ​, 朋​ (䷹ ​朋​) (cf. ​, ​); ​, ​; 朋​ (䷁ ​西朋, ​朋); ​; ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; (​) (​) ​; ​: ​; ​: ​; ​ (píng): ​; ​𡹔/​ (bēng): ​; (​)
►references: Guǎngyùn:201.37; Wieger:64i; Karlgren:AD711,GSR886a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:3.2050.6; Mathews:5054; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:504.29; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:087.0.02; Wáng(1993):133; EDOC:1
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►Cantonese: pahng\
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