磅

磅 U+78C5, 磅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78C5
← 磄
[U+78C4]
CJK Unified Ideographs 磆 →
[U+78C6]

Translingual

Han character

磅 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一口卜月尸 (MRYBS), four-corner 10627, composition ⿰石旁)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 834, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24386
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1251, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2449, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+78C5

Chinese

simp. and trad.
磅

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *pʰaːŋ, *pʰraːŋ) : semantic 石 (“rock; stone”) + phonetic 旁 (OC *baːŋ).

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English pound.

Pronunciation


Note: bong6-2 - “platform scale”.

Definitions

磅

  1. pound (unit of mass)
    兩磅半/两磅半 [Cantonese]  ―  loeng5 bong6 bun3 [Jyutping]  ―  two-and-a-half pounds
  2. to weigh
    去磅下幾重吖。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    去磅下几重吖。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    heoi3 bong6 haa5 gei2 cung5 aa1. [Jyutping]
    Go weigh yourself.
  3. platform scale; balance
    電子磅/电子磅 [Cantonese]  ―  din6 zi2 bong6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  electronic scale
  4. (Cantonese) pressure gauge; manometer
    谷磅 [Cantonese]  ―  guk1 bong6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Synonyms
  • (platform scale):

Compounds

See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English point.

Pronunciation


Definitions

磅

  1. point (unit equal to 1/12 of a pica)

Synonyms

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 磅
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 唐 (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 普郎切
Baxter phang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pʰɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/pʰɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/pʰɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pʰaŋ/
Li
Rong
/pʰɑŋ/
Wang
Li
/pʰɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pʰɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
pāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
pong1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 磅
Reading # 1/2
No. 2995
Phonetic
component
方
Rime
group
陽
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
滂
Old
Chinese
/*pʰaːŋ/
Notes 見上林賦

Definitions

磅

  1. Only used in 磅礴 (pángbó) and 磅磄.

Compounds

Etymology 4

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 磅 磅
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 滂 (2) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 唐 (101) 庚 (111)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 普郎切 撫庚切
Baxter phang phjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pʰɑŋ/ /pʰˠiæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/pʰɑŋ/ /pʰᵚiaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/pʰɑŋ/ /pʰiaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pʰaŋ/ /pʰiajŋ/
Li
Rong
/pʰɑŋ/ /pʰiɐŋ/
Wang
Li
/pʰɑŋ/ /pʰĭɐŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pʰɑŋ/ /pʰi̯ɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
pāng pīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
pong1 ping1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 磅 磅
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 2995 3017
Phonetic
component
方 方
Rime
group
陽 陽
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
滂 磅
Old
Chinese
/*pʰaːŋ/ /*pʰraːŋ/
Notes 見上林賦 見上林賦

Definitions

磅

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Compounds

  • 殷磅
  • 砰磅 (pēng páng)
  • 磅硠
  • 磅礚
  • 磅空 (pōng-khang) (Hokkien)

Japanese

Kanji

磅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. pound

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
磅
ポンド
Hyōgaiji
Alternative spellings
封
听

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

磅(ポンド) • (pondo) 

  1. Rare spelling of ポンド (pondo, “pound”).

Synonyms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

磅 • (bang) (hangeul 방, revised bang, McCune–Reischauer pang, Yale pang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

磅: Hán Nôm readings: bàng

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