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膨

膨

Translingual

Han character

膨 (radical 130 肉+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月土廿竹 (BGTH), four-corner 72222, composition ⿰月彭)

  1. to swell
  2. swollen, bloated, inflated

References

  • KangXi: page 994, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29861
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1445, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2110, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+81A8

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 膨

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (彭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
澎 *pʰraːŋ, *braːŋ
彭 *braːŋ
膨 *braːŋ, *braːŋs
蟚 *braːŋ
蟛 *braːŋ
憉 *braːŋ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 膨 膨
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 庚 (109) 庚 (109)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II II
Fanqie 薄庚切 蒲孟切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /bˠæŋ/ /bˠæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /bᵚaŋ/ /bᵚaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /baŋ/ /baŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /baɨjŋ/ /baɨjŋH/
Li
Rong		 /bɐŋ/ /bɐŋH/
Wang
Li		 /bɐŋ/ /bɐŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱɐŋ/ /bʱɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 péng bèng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 膨 膨
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 9682 9687
Phonetic
component		 彭 彭
Rime
group		 陽 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 彭 膨
Old
Chinese		 /*braːŋ/ /*braːŋs/

Definitions

膨

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Japanese

Kanji

膨

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

  • On: ぼう (bō), ほう (hō)
  • Kun: ふくらむ (fukuramu), ふくれる (fukureru)

Korean

Hanja

膨 • ‎(paeng) (hangeul 팽, revised paeng, McCune-Reischauer p'aeng, Yale phayng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

膨 (bành)

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