Chinese symbol for “overgrown”
蓬蓬
péng peng
overgrown; unkempt (of hair)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for overgrown is 蓬蓬 (péng peng), defined as: overgrown; unkempt (of hair).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “overgrown”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 荒芜 (荒蕪) | huāng wú | left to return to unchecked growth; overgrown |
| 丛生 (叢生) | cóng shēng | growing as a thicket; overgrown |
| 蓬乱 (蓬亂) | péng luàn | matted (of straw or hair); unkempt |
| 蔓生 | màn shēng | trailing plant; liana |
| 芊萰 | qiān liàn | green and flourishing; overgrown |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蓬蓬.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蓬勃 | péng bó | vigorous; flourishing; full of vitality |
| 蓬松 (蓬鬆) | péng sōng | fluffy |
| 朝气蓬勃 (朝氣蓬勃) | zhāo qì péng bó | full of youthful energy (idiom); vigorous; energetic |
| 莲蓬 (蓮蓬) | lián péng | lotus seed head |
See also: Japanese symbol for “overgrown”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.