U+78C5, 磅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78C5

[U+78C4]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+78C6]

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 [Jyutping]   two-and-a-half pounds
  2. to weigh
    [Cantonese, trad.]
    [Cantonese, simp.]
    heoi3 bong6 haa5 gei2 cung5 aa1. [Jyutping]
    Go weigh yourself.
  3. platform scale; balance
    電子电子 [Cantonese]   din6 zi2 bong6-2 [Jyutping]   electronic scale
  4. (Cantonese) pressure gauge; manometer
    [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

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

Synonyms

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/
Bernard
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/
Bernard
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

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Compounds

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

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. pound

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
ポンド
Hyōgaiji
Alternative spellings

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

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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

• (bang) (hangeul , revised bang, McCuneReischauer pang, Yale pang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: bàng

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