磅 bàng pound
pound; to weigh; scale
怎么记住“磅”: 石 stone + 旁 side = pound. At the farmers' market, the old man sets a stone on one side of his scale to show it weighs exactly one pound.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
磅 = 石 stone + 旁 side
- 石 stone meaning
- 旁 side sound
- offering stand
- 方 direction
At the farmers' market, the old man sets a stone on one side of his scale to show it weighs exactly one pound.
How it came to be
Stone gives the meaning and the sign for side the sound.
用法
- The pound (weight unit), and to weigh: 一磅 (yí bàng) one pound, 磅秤 (bàngchèng) a platform scale, 过磅 (guòbàng) to weigh (on a scale).
- 气势磅礴 (qìshì-pángbó, read páng here) means majestic/of grand momentum: a different reading and meaning.