朋 — Chinese character
朋
péng
friend, pal, acquaintance
- Pinyin
- péng
- Radical
- 74 ⽉ (Moon)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 月 月
- Formation
- ideographic — Two people 月 walking together
- Japanese
- 朋 as a kanji
Common words with 朋
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朋友 | péng you | friend; 个 (gè),位 (wèi) |
| 女朋友 | nǚ péng you | girlfriend |
| 男朋友 | nán péng you | boyfriend |
| 小朋友 | xiǎo péng yǒu | child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child) |
| 老朋友 | lǎo péng you | old friend; (slang) period |
| 朋友圈 | péng you quān | circle of friends; social circle |
| 交朋友 | jiāo péng you | to make friends; (dialect) to start an affair with sb |
| 亲朋好友 (親朋好友) | qīn péng hǎo yǒu | friends and family; kith and kin |
| 朋克 | péng kè | punk (music style) (loanword) |
| 亲朋 (親朋) | qīn péng | relatives and friends |
| 朋党 (朋黨) | péng dǎng | clique |
| 够朋友 (夠朋友) | gòu péng you | (coll.) to be a true friend |
English words written with 朋
朋 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 9 · I Ching 8 · Mencius 3 · Zhuangzi 4 · Doctrine of the Mean 5
- Analects 1.1
- Analects 1.4
- Analects 1.7
- Analects 4.26
- Analects 5.25
- Analects 10.15
- Analects 13.28
- Hexagram 11
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