匁

Etymology
Pronunciation borrowed from.

Definitions

 * 1) momme

Glyph origin
., a ligature of and , used to phonetically spell out the word. The unit of distance could also be written as, and in this character the is rendered in katakana and fused with.

漢典 (zdic.net) posits the origin as a form of, but this is dubious because the value of the  was between 4 and 10 momme, and is now either 50g (mainland China) or 37.5g (Taiwan), and of similar value in Hong Kong; i.e., the units are essentially not equivalent.

Kanji

 * 1) Japanese unit of weight ($1/1000$ of a kan)

Compounds

 * : 1 momme
 * : 100 momme, 375 grams

Usage notes
Removed from the daily use Jōyō kanji by the Japanese government in 2010.

Noun

 * 1) momme; unit of mass equal to 3.75 grams (one thousandth of a )
 * , a coin worth $1/60$ of the ($1/60$ )

Usage notes
Now used especially for weighing pearls.