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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- bang4
- English meanings
- see 磅秤 scale, platform balance, (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams)
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 石; right 旁.
Meaning & sound clues
石 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “stone”.
旁 is identified as the sound component (páng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 磅.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
near; beside
help
good
list; model
tie
arm; wing
slander; defame
country; state
pound
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