Zi:朋
朋 [péng] friend (朋友 péngyǒu); 男朋友 boyfriend, 女朋友 girlfriend; companion; colleague/classmate [píng] 馮: 盛怒貌 [bēng] 𡹔/崩
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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 月 yuè ‘moon’ doubled (cf. 宜), 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. 鳳, 鹏/鵬(𪈵).
Compare: 冉(冄), as in 衰(𧜸); 棚 péng ‘light-framed reed/mat-covered pavilion/tower’; 篷 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: 凤/鳳 fèng; 鹏/鵬(𪈵) péng/fèng; 朋(𢐴) péng.
Note: The forms 鹏/鵬, and 朋 are SW variants of 凤/鳳 (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. 堋 péng (fallen comrade).
HDZ: 朋 : péng : (古) (单位) 货币 (朋: 五贝; 两贝; 系: 五贝; 朋: 二系); 同学, 朋友 (䷹ 君子以朋友讲习) (cf. 堋, 鵬); 匹配, 结合; 朋党 (䷁ 西南得朋, 东北丧朋); 勾结; 同类; 群, 群聚; 同, 共同; 比拟, 比较; (古) (单位) 行政基层; 蓬: 乱; 逢: 大; 馮 (píng): 盛怒貌; 𡹔/崩 (bēng): 崩坏; (姓)
►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
►components: 月月
►Cantonese: pahng\
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<comp char='月' uni='6708' points='0,0 56,126' />
<comp char='月' uni='6708' points='66,0 128,128' />
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</cdl>
<cdl char='月' uni='6708' points='24,4 104,128'>
<comp char='冂' uni='5182' variant='9' points='0,0 128,128' />
<comp char='二' uni='4E8C' variant='5' points='41,40 128,72' />
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</cdl>
<cdl char='冂' uni='5182' variant='9' points='24,4 104,128'>
<stroke type='sp' points='41,0 41,44 0,128' />
<stroke type='hzg' points='41,0 128,0 128,123 82,108' head='cut' />
<!-- variant based on [U+2E86](V=0) -->
</cdl>
<cdl char='二' uni='4E8C' variant='5' points='0,4 128,124' radical='K0'>
<stroke type='h' points='0,0 128,0' head='cut' tail='cut' />
<stroke type='h' points='0,128 128,128' head='cut' tail='cut' />
<!-- variant based on [U+EF79](V=0) -->
</cdl>
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Unicode: U+670B
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