鎊

See also: 镑

鎊 U+938A, 鎊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-938A ← 鎉 [U+9389] CJK Unified Ideographs 鎋 → [U+938B]

Translingual

Han character

鎊 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 金卜月尸 (CYBS), four-corner 8012₇, composition ⿰釒旁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1316, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40691
• Dae Jaweon: page 1816, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4244, character 4
• Unihan data for U+938A

Chinese

trad.		鎊
simp.		镑

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (方) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
縍	*paːŋ
榜	*paːŋʔ, *praːŋs, *braːŋ
蒡	*paːŋʔ, *braːŋ
牓	*paːŋʔ
螃	*paːŋʔ, *paːŋs, *baːŋ
搒	*paːŋs, *braːŋ
舫	*paːŋs, *paŋs
謗	*paːŋs
雱	*pʰaːŋ
磅	*pʰaːŋ, *pʰraːŋ
霶	*pʰaːŋ
滂	*pʰaːŋ
鎊	*pʰaːŋ
髈	*pʰaːŋʔ, *baːŋ
彷	*baːŋ, *pʰaŋʔ
趽	*baːŋ, *paŋ, *paŋs
房	*baːŋ, *baŋ
篣	*baːŋ, *braːŋ
騯	*baːŋ, *praːŋ, *braːŋ
傍	*baːŋ, *baːŋs
膀	*baːŋ
旁	*baːŋ
徬	*baːŋs
閍	*praːŋ
祊	*praːŋ
嗙	*praːŋ
方	*paŋ, *baŋ
汸	*paŋ
坊	*paŋ, *baŋ
邡	*paŋ, *pʰaŋs
枋	*paŋ
鈁	*paŋ
蚄	*paŋ
肪	*paŋ, *baŋ
鴋	*paŋ, *baŋ
牥	*paŋ
昉	*paŋʔ
瓬	*paŋʔ
放	*paŋʔ, *paŋs
倣	*paŋʔ
芳	*pʰaŋ
淓	*pʰaŋ
妨	*pʰaŋ, *pʰaŋs
紡	*pʰaŋʔ
仿	*pʰaŋʔ
髣	*pʰaŋʔ
鶭	*pʰaŋʔ
訪	*pʰaŋs
防	*baŋ, *baŋs
魴	*baŋ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pāng (pang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pang
    • Wade–Giles: pʻang¹
    • Yale: pāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pang
    • Palladius: пан (pan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: phang

Rime
Character	鎊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	普郎切
Baxter	phang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰaŋ/
Li Rong	/pʰɑŋ/
Wang Li	/pʰɑŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pong1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰaːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鎊
Reading #	1/1
No.	2998
Phonetic component	方
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	滂
Old Chinese	/*pʰaːŋ/

Definitions

鎊

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pound.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàng (bang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bong⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàng
    • Wade–Giles: pang⁴
    • Yale: bàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banq
    • Palladius: бан (ban)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bong⁶
    • Yale: bohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːŋ²²/

Definitions

鎊

1. pound (unit of currency)

Compounds

• 英鎊 / 英镑 (Yīngbàng)
• 金鎊 / 金镑 (jīnbàng)
• 鎊金 / 镑金 (bàngjīn)

See also

• 磅 (bàng)

Japanese

Kanji

鎊

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ほう (hō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}
• Kun: けずる (kezuru)

Korean

Hanja

鎊 • (bang) (hangeul 방)

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