磅

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

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (方) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
縍 *paːŋ
榜 *paːŋʔ, *praːŋs, *braːŋ
蒡 *paːŋʔ, *braːŋ
牓 *paːŋʔ
螃 *paːŋʔ, *paːŋs, *baːŋ
搒 *paːŋs, *braːŋ
舫 *paːŋs, *paŋs
謗 *paːŋs
雱 *pʰaːŋ
磅 *pʰaːŋ, *pʰraːŋ
霶 *pʰaːŋ
滂 *pʰaːŋ
鎊 *pʰaːŋ
髈 *pʰaːŋʔ, *baːŋ
彷 *baːŋ, *pʰaŋʔ
趽 *baːŋ, *paŋ, *paŋs
房 *baːŋ, *baŋ
篣 *baːŋ, *braːŋ
騯 *baːŋ, *praːŋ, *braːŋ
傍 *baːŋ, *baːŋs
膀 *baːŋ
旁 *baːŋ
徬 *baːŋs
閍 *praːŋ
祊 *praːŋ
嗙 *praːŋ
方 *paŋ, *baŋ
汸 *paŋ
坊 *paŋ, *baŋ
邡 *paŋ, *pʰaŋs
枋 *paŋ
鈁 *paŋ
蚄 *paŋ
肪 *paŋ, *baŋ
鴋 *paŋ, *baŋ
牥 *paŋ
昉 *paŋʔ
瓬 *paŋʔ
放 *paŋʔ, *paŋs
倣 *paŋʔ
芳 *pʰaŋ
淓 *pʰaŋ
妨 *pʰaŋ, *pʰaŋs
紡 *pʰaŋʔ
仿 *pʰaŋʔ
髣 *pʰaŋʔ
鶭 *pʰaŋʔ
訪 *pʰaŋs
防 *baŋ, *baŋs
魴 *baŋ

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   ―  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.
    Go weigh yourself.
  3. platform scale; balance
    電子磅／电子磅 [Cantonese]  ―  din6 zi2 bong6-2   ―  electronic scale
  4. (Cantonese) pressure gauge; manometer
    谷磅 [Cantonese]  ―  guk1 bong6-2   ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Synonyms
  • (platform scale):
Dialectal synonyms of 磅秤 (“platform scale”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 磅秤, 臺秤, 磅
Mandarin Taiwan 磅秤
Harbin 臺秤
Yantai (Muping) 磅, 磅秤
Jinan 磅秤, 磅
Luoyang 磅秤
Wanrong 磅
Xi'an 磅秤, 磅
Yinchuan 磅秤
Lanzhou 磅秤
Xining 磅秤
Ürümqi 磅秤
Wuhan 磅秤, 磅
Chengdu 磅秤, 臺秤
Guiyang 磅秤
Liuzhou 磅秤
Xuzhou 磅秤
Yangzhou 磅秤
Nanjing 磅秤
Cantonese Hong Kong 磅
Dongguan 磅
Gan Nanchang 磅秤
Pingxiang 磅秤
Hakka Yudu 飽秤
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 磅秤, 秤仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 磅秤, 秤仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 磅秤, 秤仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 磅秤, 秤
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 磅秤, 秤仔, 秤
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 磅秤, 秤
Huizhou Jixi 磅秤
Jin Taiyuan 臺盤秤
Xinzhou 磅子
Northern Min Jian'ou 磅秤
Southern Min Xiamen 磅, 磅仔, 磅仔秤
Quanzhou 磅
Zhangzhou 磅
Haikou 磅
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 磅秤, 磅
Wu Shanghai 磅秤
Shanghai (Chongming) 磅秤
Suzhou 磅秤
Danyang 磅秤
Hangzhou 磅秤
Ningbo 磅秤
Wenzhou 磅秤
Jinhua 磅秤
Xiang Changsha 磅秤

Compounds

See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English point.

Pronunciation

Definitions

磅

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

Synonyms

Etymology 3

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

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 (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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