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磅
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pound

HSK 7
Objects →Tools
bàng
ボウ、ホウ
ぽんど
방, 팽
Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 旁 represents the sound.
Components
石 stone+ 旁 side =
磅 pound
石 Meaning component
shí stone
stone, rock, mineral
旁 Phonetic component
páng side
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Notes
Similar Characters
叚 fake声 voice (jp)庶 various段 stage宕 stone quarry岩 rock (simp)泵 pump炻 a kind of china矶 submerged (simp)矸 a rock or cliff矻 slave矽 obsolete矾 alum (simp)矿 mine (simp)砀 brilliantly (simp)码 number (simp)砂 gravel砌 lay brick砍 chop砑 to grind
Chinese
磅 [bàng]
see 磅秤 scale; platform balance; (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams)
Japanese
ポンド 同音

noun

  1. usually kana pound (unit of weight) (historically written as 听, 封度, 英斤, 英听)
  2. usually kana pound (currency); pound sterling (historically written as 磅)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
彼女はバターを２ポンド買いました。
She bought two pounds of butter.
５ポンド紙幣をお持ちですか。
Do you have a five-pound note?
CHINESE WORDS (9)
磅礴 [páng​bó] #30,548
majestic
磅礴 [páng​bó] #30,548
majestic
过磅 [guò​bàng] #46,433
to weigh (on a scale)
过磅 [guò​bàng] #46,433
to weigh (on a scale)
磅秤 [bàng​chèng] #47,181
scale
重磅 [zhòng​bàng] #23,628
heavyweight
台磅 [tái​bàng]
platform balance
磅刷 [bàng​shuā]
largest-size housepainter's brush
磅蛋糕 [bàng​dàn​gāo]
pound cake
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
⭐ 听 [ポンド]
pound (unit of weight)