胖pàng
Character evolution
胖
Hover to feel · click to explore
Simplified · Today
简体
Simplified Chinese
← → navigate · swipe on mobile
Shuowen
Fat. The character combines 月 (flesh) with 半 (half), indicating the fatty portion of meat—the "half" that is fat, as distinguished from lean. The flesh radical signals the body's substance, while 半 suggests the abundant, half-rounded quality of fat tissue.
Pinyin
pàng· HSK 1