What 彭 means
In modern Chinese names, 彭 usually serves as the surname.
At Yin Xu, an ancient Chinese site, oracle-bone inscriptions—divination records carved on bones or shells—use 彭 for a polity, place, or person.
Classical writing uses 彭 for a drum-like boom; 彭彭 is an expression of abundance.
Neutral and name-like; context tells you which meaning applies.
彭 sent alone? It may be a name fragment; ask which name or word it came from.
Who writes 彭
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsUsually the Chinese surname; Mandarin Péng.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 彭 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 彭
- Also called
- Peng · Péng
- Search it as
- peng surname · 彭姓 · 彭祖 · 彭城 · 彭彭
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
彭CSS
\5F6DCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
彭
HTML hex
彭
CSS content
content: "\5F6D";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E5%BD%AD
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.