Hanja Analyzer
磅

磅 — bang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
돌떨어지는소리 방
Romanization
bang
English
pound; weigh
Mandarin
bàng
Japanese on'yomi
ホウ, ヒョウ, ポンド
Japanese kun'yomi
ぽんど
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
15
Radical
石 (112, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
旁(방)
Unicode
U+78C5

Parts that make up 磅

  • 石 돌 석 벼랑 아래 굴러떨어진 돌돌과 돌로 만든 것
  • 旁 곁 방, 휘몰아갈 팽sound 윗부분이 무엇인지 밝혀지지 않았다‘방·팽’ 계열의 소리

How 磅 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 磅 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 石, 旁.

Characters sharing the phonetic 旁

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “방” in Korean.

Other hanja read “방”

Other hanja with radical 石

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