磅

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

Translingual

Han character

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

References
  • KangXi: page 834, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24386
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1251, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: 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, OC *pʰaːŋ, *pʰraːŋ) : semantic 石 (“rock; stone”) + phonetic 旁 (OC *baːŋ).

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English pound.

Pronunciation
Note: bong6-2 - “scale”.

Definitions

磅

  1. pound (unit of mass)
    兩磅半 / 两磅半 [Cantonese]  ―  loeng5 bong6 bun3 [Jyutping]  ―  one-and-a-half pounds
  2. to weigh
  3. scale; balance

Compounds
  • 呎磅
  • 地磅 (dìbàng)
  • 減磅／减磅
  • 甩重磅炸彈／甩重磅炸弹
  • 磅刷
  • 磅碼單／磅码单
  • 磅秤 (bàngchèng)
  • 磅紙／磅纸
  • 磅重
  • 英磅 (Yīngbàng)
  • 過磅／过磅
  • 重磅 (zhòngbàng)
  • 重磅炸彈／重磅炸弹
  • 電磅／电磅

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

Definitions

磅

  1. Only used in 磅礴 (pángbó) and 磅磄.

Compounds
  • 解衣磅礴

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
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
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
  • 磅硠
  • 磅礚

Japanese

Kanji
磅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

磅 (bàng)

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