磅
páng
#2,935 most
frequent character
used in 磅礡|磅礴[pang2bo2]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
磅 has 石 stone as its meaning part and 旁 páng as its sound part. It first meant the sound of a falling stone. The sense 'pound,' a weight unit, was borrowed for sound from English.
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