GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 413

蓬

蓬 is read as péng.

Pinyin

péng

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 蓬

Basic meaning

type of raspberry; fairyland

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Western Zhou tradition, 1046-771 BCE

Place: Pengzhou / Peng state tradition around Peng an, Sichuan in later accounts; Beihai / Penglai area in Shandong plant-residence tradition; Beihai and Changle commandery notes

Origin note

Peng/蓬 is presented as a place-name surname with an additional plant-residence tradition. One source-backed layer says a Zhou royal branch was enfeoffed at Pengzhou or Peng state, and descendants used Peng as a surname. Another layer links the surname to people living in an area full of Peng grass, associated with Beihai / Penglai traditions. The page keeps both surname-origin layers separate from the character’s plant and fairyland meanings.

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