镑

鎊

bàng

旁 + 钅

Definitions

bàng pound (sterling) (loanword)

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 旁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鎊.

Semantic: 钅 Phonetic: 旁

About

镑, the simplified form of the traditional character 鎊, is a phono-semantic compound invented to transcribe the English word "pound". The left-side radical 钅 (derived from 金 "metal, gold") conveys the meaning of coinage or weight, and the right-side component 旁 indicates the pronunciation. This character was coined to translate both the British currency (pound sterling) and the imperial pound mass, enabling Chinese to express foreign monetary and measurement concepts.

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Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

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这是一英镑。

Zhè shì yī yīngbàng.

This is one pound.

我换了十英镑。

Wǒ huànle shí yīngbàng.

I exchanged ten pounds.

英镑汇率很高。

Yīngbàng huìlǜ hěn gāo.

The pound's exchange rate is very high.

这本书价格五英镑。

Zhè běn shū jiàgé wǔ yīngbàng.

This book costs five pounds.

他每月赚几千英镑。

Tā měi yuè zhuàn jǐ qiān yīngbàng.

He earns thousands of pounds every month.

英镑对美元升值了。

Yīngbàng duì měiyuán shēngzhíle.

The pound has appreciated against the US dollar.

我们需要更多英镑来投资。

Wǒmen xūyào gèng duō yīngbàng lái tóuzī.

We need more pounds to invest.

中央银行干预了英镑市场。

Zhōngyāng yínháng gànyùle yīngbàng shìchǎng.

The central bank intervened in the pound market.

Related Characters

Component: 旁

Component: 钅

镑