秤 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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chèng, chēng

balance

A balance 平 used to measure grain 禾

Components

禾 Meaning component

hé

grain stalk

平 Meaning component

píng

flat

Definitions

chèng

balance, scale, steelyard; steelyard; Roman balance; CL:臺|台[tái]

chēng

variant of 稱|称[chēng], to weigh

Most common words with 秤

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	秤	steelyard
	天秤座	Libra (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
	秤砣	steelyard weight
	磅秤	scale
	杆秤	a steelyard (a type of balance)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3737th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes	10
Unicode	U+79E4

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