棚 meaning and stroke order
Shack, shed; tent, awning
How to write 棚, stroke by stroke
12 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 棚
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- shed
- canopy
- shack
How 棚 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Wood.
木 gives the meaning and 朋 hints at the sound.
Radical: 木 (tree), shared by 388 characters on this site.
How to remember 棚
棚 is built from 木 (wood) plus 朋 (péng), which gives the sound. Picture friends (朋) gathering under a simple wooden (木) shelter, a shed or awning made of wood.
棚 means a simple shelter like a shed, shack, or canopy, and it also appears in words for studios, such as 摄影棚 (shèyǐngpéng) and 录音棚 (lùyīnpéng). In everyday speech people often say 棚子 (péngzi). Example: 农民在大棚里种菜。(Nóngmín zài dàpéng lǐ zhòng cài.) Farmers grow vegetables in the greenhouse.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 鹏 (péng, a mythical bird) or 蓬 (péng, fluffy, as in 蓬松) when they mean shed. These sound identical, so remember that only 棚 has the wood radical 木 on the left.
Common words with 棚
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 大棚 | dàpéng | greenhouse; polytunnel | HSK 7-9 |
| 摄影棚 | shèyǐngpéng | film studio; television studio | |
| 棚子 | péngzi | shack; shed | |
| 录音棚 | lùyīnpéng | recording studio |
棚 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 棚
How many strokes are in 棚?
棚 is written with 12 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 棚 mean?
棚 (péng) means shack, shed; tent, awning. A common word with it is 大棚 (dàpéng), meaning "greenhouse; polytunnel".
How do you pronounce 棚?
棚 is pronounced péng, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 棚?
The radical of 棚 is 木, which carries the idea of "tree". Dictionaries list 棚 under this radical.
Is 棚 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 棚 is part of the HSK 7-9 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
Is 棚 used for a real building or only a temporary shelter?
棚 usually means a light or simple structure, like a shed, awning, or plastic greenhouse. For a proper solid building you would use words like 房子 (fángzi) or 楼 (lóu).
Why does 棚 appear in words for studios?
Studios are enclosed working spaces, so Chinese uses 棚 for them, as in 录音棚 (lùyīnpéng) recording studio and 摄影棚 (shèyǐngpéng) film studio. In industry slang people may simply say 进棚 (jìn péng), meaning to go into the studio.