蓬蓬

Chinese

		(grass); disheveled	(grass); disheveled
trad. (蓬蓬)		蓬	蓬
simp. ^#(蓬蓬)		蓬	蓬

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): péngpéng

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄥˊ ㄆㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pung⁴ pung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: péngpéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄥˊ ㄆㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: péngpéng
  - Wade–Giles: pʻêng²-pʻêng²
  - Yale: péng-péng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: perngperng
  - Palladius: пэнпэн (pɛnpɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɤŋ³⁵ pʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pung⁴ pung⁴
  - Yale: pùhng pùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pung⁴ pung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pung⁴ pung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰʊŋ²¹ pʰʊŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: buwng buwng

Rime
Character	蓬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	薄紅切
Baxter	buwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/buŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/buŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bəwŋ/
Li Rong	/buŋ/
Wang Li	/buŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	péng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pung⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*boːŋ boːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蓬
Reading #	1/1
No.	3216
Phonetic component	丰
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蓬
Old Chinese	/*boːŋ/

Adjective

蓬蓬

luxuriant; abundant; exuberant
- 維柞之枝，其葉蓬蓬。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  维柞之枝，其叶蓬蓬。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Wéi zhà zhī zhī, qí yè péngpéng. [Pinyin]
  On the branches of the oaks,
  How abundant are the leaves!
(of hair or beard) dense and unkempt
(onomatopoeia) sound of wind

Derived terms

亂蓬蓬／乱蓬蓬

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