蟛

蟛 · péng

a land-crab

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
péng
Cantonese
paang4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a land-crab

Dictionary definitions & readings

蟛 péng · used in 蟛蜞 péng qí

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42889.120:péng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0863.090:péng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
279.160:péng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
péng粵paang4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ホウ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
팽:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
薄庚 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
LIGTH Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5212.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1096.390 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+87DB
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6335

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

18 strokes
蟛
Strokes
18
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

18 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
baeng · 薄庚 · 梗開二平庚並 · #868

PHONO-ML, source line 7024; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1198.407
kCowles
3432
kDaeJaweon
1561.240
kHanYu
42889.120
kIRGDaeJaweon
1561.240
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42889.120
kIRGKangXi
1096.390
kKangXi
1096.390
kLau
2452
kMatthews
5063
kMorohashi
33583
kSMSZD2003Index
621.06
kCangjie
LIGTH
kFourCornerCode
5212.2
kMojiJoho
MJ023717
kPhonetic
1007
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
BTH
kIRG_GSource
G0-7332
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F0BE
kIRG_JSource
JMJ-023717
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-72B5
kIRG_KSource
K1-7222
kIRG_TSource
T2-632A
kRSUnicode
142.12
kTotalStrokes
18
kBigFive
F0BE
kCCCII
232C36
kCNS1986
2-632A
kCNS1992
2-632A
kEACC
232C36
kGB0
8318
kGB1
8318
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5846
kTGH
2013:6335
kXerox
300:324
kCantonese
paang4
kDefinition
a land-crab
kFanqie
薄庚
kHangul
팽:1N
kHanyuPinyin
42889.120:péng
kJapanese
ホウ
kKorean
PHAYNG
kMandarin
péng
kSMSZD2003Readings
péng粵paang4
kTGHZ2013
279.160:péng
kXHC1983
0863.090:péng
kSemanticVariant
U+87DA<kLau

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 蟛0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
虫 beside 彭 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰虫彭$(GHTKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰虫彭$(GHTKP)

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