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镑

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pound (sterling) (loanword)

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Strokes
15
Radical
金 +10
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
鎊
Common rank
#6,289
Unicode
U+9551

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

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How 镑 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

钅 meaning “money” + 旁 sound ( páng )

Components 钅 旁

Words with 镑

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WordPinyinMeaning
英镑 Yīng bàng pound sterling

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 旁 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
旁 sound part páng side; beside, close, nearby
磅 bàng pound; to weigh
滂 pāng torrential; voluminous
鳑 páng carp
谤 bàng to slander, to defame
蒡 bàng great burdock; Arctium lappa
螃 páng crab
耪 pǎng to cultivate, to plow