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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- pang4
- English meanings
- fat, stout, plump
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left ⺼; right 半.
Meaning & sound clues
⺼ is identified as the meaning component, associated with “flesh”.
半 is identified as the sound component (bàn). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 胖.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
pong; table tennis
huge; enormous
side
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 肥胖
- 胖子