Chinese Character 磅 Meanings and components.

Form

磅

Meaning

磅 meaning[3] in English

See 磅秤 Scale.

Platform Balance.

(Loanword) Pound (Unit Of Weight, About 454 Grams).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 磅 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Shi (石) , and one side (旁)

Its radical[1] is: 石 (shi2) which means: Surname Shi, .石shi2surname Shi

In cangjie it is written with MRYBS

How to write 磅

To write磅bang4see 磅秤 … you should write a combination of 石shi2surname Shi , 旁pang2one side arranged in a 吅 shape:

石 + 旁 = 磅

磅 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 磅 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 磅, looks as follow:

磅
Pinyin:bang4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: See 磅秤 Scale . Platform Balance . (Loanword) Pound (Unit Of Weight, About 454 Grams)
石
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
旁
Pinyin:pang2 Shape:冖
Meaning[3]: One Side . Other . Different . Lateral Component Of A Chinese Character (Such As 刂[Dao1], 亻[Ren2] Etc)
六
Pinyin:liu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Six . 6
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
方
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: Surname Fang

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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