# 蓬

| 蓬 | U+84EC, &#34028; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84EC |
| ← 蓫 [U+84EB] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蓭 → [U+84ED] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蓬 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜竹十 (TYHJ), four-corner 4430$_4$, composition ⿱艹逢)

#### Derived characters

* 𡂫, 𢸚, 鑝, 𤂧, 𤑫, 𣟀, 纄, 𡓄, 𢩣, 𨏕, 𧴟, 𧓶

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1052, character 14
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31720
* Dae Jaweon: page 1514, character 25
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3267, character 8
* Unihan data for U+84EC

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 邦 | *proːŋ |
| 梆 | *proːŋ |
| 垹 | *proːŋ |
| 肨 | *pʰroːŋs, *pʰroːŋs |
| 蚌 | *broːŋʔ, *breːŋʔ |
| 玤 | *broːŋʔ |
| 棒 | *broːŋʔ |
| 蜯 | *broːŋʔ |
| 琫 | *poːŋʔ |
| 菶 | *poːŋʔ, *boːŋʔ |
| 俸 | *poːŋʔ, *boŋs |
| 髼 | *boːŋ |
| 蜂 | *boːŋ, *pʰoŋ |
| 韸 | *boːŋ |
| 蓬 | *boːŋ |
| 篷 | *boːŋ |
| 唪 | *boːŋʔ, *boŋʔ |
| 埲 | *boːŋʔ |
| 丰 | *pʰoŋ |
| 妦 | *pʰoŋ |
| 仹 | *pʰoŋ |
| 峯 | *pʰoŋ |
| 峰 | *pʰoŋ |
| 鋒 | *pʰoŋ |
| 烽 | *pʰoŋ |
| 蠭 | *pʰoŋ |
| 桻 | *pʰoŋ |
| 莑 | *pʰoŋ |
| 夆 | *pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds |
| 捧 | *pʰoŋʔ |
| 逢 | *boŋ |
| 縫 | *boŋ, *boŋs |
| 漨 | *boŋ |
| 捀 | *boŋ, *boŋs |
| 奉 | *boŋʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *boːŋ): semantic 艸 (“vegetation”) + phonetic 逢 (OC *boŋ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): péng (peng$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄆㄥˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): pong$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): pung$^4$ / fung$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): puung$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): pung$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pùng
    (Meixian, Guangdong): pung$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): peng$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): pô̤ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): pùng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phông / pông / hông / phōng / pōng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pong$^5$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): pong$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$bon
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): pong$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: péng
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: péng
*** Wade–Giles: pʻêng$^2$
*** Yale: péng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: perng
*** Palladius: пэн (pɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɤŋ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: pong$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: pung
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰoŋ²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pung$^4$ / fung$^4$
*** Yale: pùhng / fùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pung$^4$ / fung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pung$^4$ / fung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰʊŋ²¹/, /fʊŋ²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: puung$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɵŋ²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: pung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰuŋ²⁴/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pùng
*** Hakka Romanization System: bung$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /puŋ¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: pung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰʊŋ¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: peng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pʰəŋ¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pô̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɔŋ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: pùng
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰuŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phông
*** Tâi-lô: phông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phoong
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /pʰɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔŋ²³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pông
*** Tâi-lô: pông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: poong
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông
*** Tâi-lô: hông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoong
*** IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phōng
*** Tâi-lô: phōng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phong
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰɔŋ³³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pōng
*** Tâi-lô: pōng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pong
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pɔŋ³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: pong$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phông
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰoŋ⁵⁵/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: pong$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰɔŋ²²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$bon
*** MiniDict: bon$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$bon
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /boŋ²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: pong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pʰʊŋ¹³/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /pʰən¹³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit蓬 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /pʰəŋ³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /pʰəŋ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /pʰəŋ⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /pʰəŋ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /pʰəŋ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /pʰəŋ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /pʰəŋ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /pʰə̃²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /pʰəŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /pʰə̃n⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /pʰɤŋ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /pʰoŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /pʰoŋ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /pʰoŋ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /pʰoŋ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /pʰən²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /pʰəŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /pʰəŋ¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /pʰəŋ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /pʰə̃ŋ³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /boŋ²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /boŋ¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /boŋ²¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /boŋ³¹/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /pʰʌ̃⁴⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /pʰan⁴⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /poŋ¹³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /bən¹²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /pʰuŋ²⁴/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /pʰuŋ¹¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /pʰuŋ¹¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /pʰoŋ²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /pʰuŋ²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /pʰoŋ²¹/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /pʰɔŋ³⁵/ /pʰaŋ³⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /pʰuŋ⁵³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /pʰɔŋ³³/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /pʰoŋ⁵⁵/ /pʰaŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /foŋ³¹/ |
* Middle Chinese: 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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱuŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | péng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pung$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*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/ |

### Definitions

蓬
* type of raspberry
* Korean mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
* fleabane (Erigeron acris)
* disheveled
* flourishing; vigorous
* (colloquial) fluffy; soft
* Classifier for clumps of items.
* a surname

### Compounds

* 亂蓬蓬 / 乱蓬蓬
* 孤蓬
* 屏蓬
* 推蓬裝 / 推蓬装
* 斗蓬裝
* 斷梗飄蓬 / 断梗飘蓬
* 斷梗飛蓬 / 断梗飞蓬
* 方蓬
* 朝氣蓬勃 / 朝气蓬勃 (zhāoqìpéngbó)
* 桑弧蓬矢
* 桑蓬之志
* 漂零蓬斷 / 漂零蓬断
* 生氣蓬勃 / 生气蓬勃 (shēngqìpéngbó)
* 白蓬蓬
* 茅椽蓬牖
* 萍蓬
* 萍飄蓬轉 / 萍飘蓬转
* 蓬亂 / 蓬乱
* 蓬勃 (péngbó)
* 蓬塘
* 蓬壺 / 蓬壶
* 蓬室居
* 蓬屋生輝 / 蓬屋生辉
* 蓬山 (Péngshān)
* 蓬島 / 蓬岛
* 蓬戶士 / 蓬户士
* 蓬戶甕牖 / 蓬户瓮牖
* 蓬拆
* 蓬沓
* 蓬瀛
* 蓬瀛仙境
* 蓬生麻中，不扶而直 (péng shēng má zhōng, bù fú ér zhí)
* 蓬窗
* 蓬舟
* 蓬茅
* 蓬茆
* 蓬茸
* 蓬萊 / 蓬莱 (pénglái)
* 蓬萊仙境 / 蓬莱仙境
* 蓬萊仙島 / 蓬莱仙岛 (Pénglái Xiāndǎo)
* 蓬萊宮 / 蓬莱宫 (Pénglái Gōng)
* 蓬萊弱水 / 蓬莱弱水
* 蓬萊米 / 蓬莱米 (péngláimǐ)
* 蓬葆
* 蓬蒿 (pénghāo)
* 蓬蒿人
* 蓬蒿滿徑 / 蓬蒿满径
* 蓬蓽 / 蓬荜
* 蓮蓬 / 莲蓬
* 蓬蓬 (péngpéng)
* 蓬蓬勃勃 (péngpéngbóbó)
* 蓬蓽增輝 / 蓬荜增辉
* 蓬蓬孛孛
* 蓬蓽有輝 / 蓬荜有辉
* 蓬蓬然
* 蓬蓽生光 / 蓬荜生光
* 蓬蓽生輝 / 蓬荜生辉
* 蓮蓬頭 / 莲蓬头
* 蓬虆 (péngléi)
* 蓬轉 / 蓬转
* 蓬門 / 蓬门
* 蓬門荊布 / 蓬门荆布
* 蓽門蓬戶 / 荜门蓬户
* 蓬門蓽戶 / 蓬门荜户
* 蓬閬 / 蓬阆
* 蓬閭生輝 / 蓬闾生辉
* 蓬頭 / 蓬头
* 蓬頭垢面 / 蓬头垢面 (péngtóugòumiàn)
* 蓬頭鬼 / 蓬头鬼
* 蓬顆 / 蓬颗
* 蓬首
* 蓬首垢面 (péngshǒugòumiàn)
* 蓬髮 / 蓬发
* 蓬鬆 / 蓬松 (péngsōng)
* 蓬鬢 / 蓬鬓
* 轉蓬 / 转蓬
* 頭蓬眼瘇 / 头蓬眼瘇
* 飄蓬 / 飘蓬
* 飄蓬斷梗 / 飘蓬断梗
* 飛蓬 / 飞蓬 (fēipéng)
* 飛蓬之問 / 飞蓬之问
* 飛蓬乘風 / 飞蓬乘风
* 飛蓬隨風 / 飞蓬随风
* 首如飛蓬 / 首如飞蓬

### References

* “Entry #11343”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* artemisia; mugwort, sagebrush, wormwood

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぶ (bu)
* Kan-on: ほう (hō)
* Kun: えもぎ (emogi, 蓬)、ほおける (hōkeru, 蓬ける)、ほける (hokeru, 蓬ける)、ほほける (hohokeru, 蓬ける)、よもぎ (yomogi, 蓬)
* Nanori: とも (tomo)、ほ (ho)

#### Compounds

* 蓬(ほう)庵(あん) (hōan)
* 蓬(ほう)宇(う) (hōu)
* 蓬(ほう)屋(おく) (hōoku)
* 蓬(ほう)瀛(えい) (hōei)
* 蓬(ほう)顆(か) (hōka)
* 蓬(ほう)艾(がい) (hōgai)
* 蓬(ほう)戸(こ) (hōko)
* 蓬(ほう)蒿(こう) (hōkō)
* 蓬(ほう)矢(し) (hōshi)
* 蓬(ほう)室(しつ) (hōshitsu)
* 蓬(ほう)舎(しゃ) (hōsha)
* 蓬(ほう)心(しん) (hōshin)
* 蓬(ほう)生(せい) (hōsei)
* 蓬(ほう)転(てん) (hōten)
* 蓬(ほう)島(とう) (hōtō)
* 蓬(ほう)頭(とう) (hōtō)
* 蓬(ほう)髪(はつ) (hōhatsu)
* 蓬(ほう)蓽(ひつ) (hōhitsu)
* 蓬(ほう)飄(ひょう) (hōhyō)
* 蓬(ほう)葆(ほ) (hōho)
* 蓬(ほう)葆(ほう) (hōhō)
* 蓬(ほう)蓬(ほう) (hōhō)
* 蓬(ほう)勃(ぼつ) (hōbotsu)
* 蓬(ほう)門(もん) (hōmon)
* 蓬(ほう)莱(らい) (hōrai)
* 蓬(ほう)累(るい) (hōrui)
* 蓬(ほう)廬(ろ) (hōro)
* 飛(ひ)蓬(ほう) (hihō)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 蓬
* よもぎ Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 艾
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) よもぎ [yòmógí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [jo̞mo̞ɡʲi]

### Noun

蓬(よもぎ) or 蓬(ヨモギ) • (yomogi)
* mugwort

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 蓬 (MC buwng).

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [po̞ŋ]
* Phonetic hangul: [봉]

### Hanja

Wikisource 蓬 (eumhun 쑥 봉 (ssuk bong))
* moxa, mugwort, wormwood

#### Synonyms

* 쑥 (ssuk)

#### Compounds

* 마중지봉 (麻中之蓬, majungjibong)
* 봉과 (蓬科, bonggwa)
* 봉괴 (蓬塊, bonggoe)
* 봉구 (蓬丘, bonggu)
* 봉도 (蓬島, bongdo)
* 봉두 (蓬頭, bongdu)
* 봉두구면 (蓬頭垢面, bongdugumyeon)
* 봉두난발 (蓬頭亂髮, bongdunanbal)
* 봉두역치 (蓬頭歷齒, bongduyeokchi)
* 봉래 (蓬萊, bongnae)
* 봉래산 (蓬萊山, bongnaesan)
* 봉래약수 (蓬萊弱水, bongnaeyaksu)
* 봉루 (蓬累, bongnu)
* 봉류 (蓬藟, bongnyu)
* 봉립 (蓬笠, bongnip)
* 봉문 (蓬門, bongmun)
* 봉박 (蓬箔, bongbak)
* 봉발 (蓬勃, bongbal)
* 봉발 (蓬髮, bongbal)
* 봉보 (蓬葆, bongbo)
* 봉봉 (蓬蓬, bongbong)
* 봉사 (蓬士, bongsa)
* 봉산 (蓬山, bongsan)
* 봉수 (蓬首, bongsu)
* 봉시 (蓬矢, bongsi)
* 봉실 (蓬室, bongsil)
* 봉심 (蓬心, bongsim)
* 봉암 (蓬庵, bong'am)
* 봉애 (蓬艾, bong'ae)
* 봉영 (蓬瀛, bong'yeong)
* 봉우 (蓬宇, bong'u)
* 봉원 (蓬原, bong'won)
* 봉자 (蓬茨, bongja)
* 봉전 (蓬轉, bongjeon)
* 봉정 (蓬征, bongjeong)
* 봉직 (蓬直, bongjik)
* 봉출 (蓬朮, bongchul)
* 봉필 (蓬蓽, bongpil)
* 봉호 (蓬壺, bongho)
* 봉호 (蓬戶, bongho)
* 봉호 (蓬蒿, bongho)
* 부평전봉 (浮萍轉蓬, bupyeongjeonbong)
* 비봉 (飛蓬, bibong)
* 상봉 (霜蓬, sangbong)
* 상봉지지 (桑蓬之志, sangbongjiji)
* 상호봉시 (桑弧蓬矢, sanghobongsi)
* 선봉 (船蓬, seonbong)
* 액봉 (額蓬, aekbong)
* 영봉 (瀛蓬, yeongbong)
* 월봉 (月蓬, wolbong)
* 율봉 (栗蓬, yulbong)
* 전봉 (轉蓬, jeonbong)
* 편봉 (編蓬, pyeonbong)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
* Zonmal.com Hanja Dictionary (존말닷컴 한자사전／漢字辭典) (2002-2005).

## Vietnamese
### Han character

蓬: Hán Nôm readings: bồng
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