彭

Peng2
#1,499 most
frequent character
surname Peng

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

彭 shows a drum 壴 with 彡 for the sound it makes, so it first meant drum sound. The surname sense was borrowed only for the sound, not from the picture.

Drawn as: drum; drum sound

彭 as a component in other characters

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