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U+78C5, 磅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78C5

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

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

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.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *pʰaːŋ, *pʰraːŋ) : semantic (rock; stone) + phonetic (OC *baːŋ).

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English pound.

Pronunciation


Note: bong6-2 - “platform scale”.

Definitions

  1. pound (unit of mass)
    [Cantonese]  ―  loeng5 bong6 bun3   ―  two-and-a-half pounds
  2. to weigh
    [Cantonese, trad.]
    [Cantonese, simp.]
    heoi3 bong6 haa5 gei2 cung5 aa1.
    Go weigh yourself.
  3. platform scale; balance
    電子电子 [Cantonese]  ―  din6 zi2 bong6-2   ―  electronic scale
  4. (Cantonese) pressure gauge; manometer
    [Cantonese]  ―  guk1 bong6-2   ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Synonyms
  • (platform scale):

Compounds

See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English point.

Pronunciation


Definitions

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

Synonyms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation



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

Definitions

  1. Only used in 磅礴 (pángbó) and 磅磄.

Compounds

Etymology 4

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (2) (2)
Final () (101) (111)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
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/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/pʰɑŋ/ /pʰi̯ɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
pāng pīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
pong1 ping1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 2995 3017
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pʰaːŋ/ /*pʰraːŋ/
Notes

Definitions

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Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. pound

Readings

  • Go-on: ひょう (hyō)ほう ()
  • Kan-on: ほう ()
  • Kun: ポンド (pondo)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
ポンド
Hyōgai
Alternative spellings

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Pronunciation

Noun

(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, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

(bang) (hangeul , revised bang, McCune–Reischauer pang, Yale pang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: bàng

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