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秤

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steelyard balance; Roman balance; CL:臺|台[tai2]

10 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,235 U+79E4

How 秤 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A balance 平 used to measure grain 禾

components: 禾 平

How to remember it

scale · Heisig RSH #2531

wild rice + water lily

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 秤

WordPinyinMeaning
体重秤 tǐ zhòng chèng scale for measuring body weight; bathroom scale
天秤座 Tiān chèng zuò Libra (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
天秤 tiān chèng balance scale; Taiwan pr. [tian1 ping2]
台秤 tái chèng platform scale; (dialect) counter scale; bench scale
过秤 guò chèng to weigh sth
复秤 fù chèng to reweigh
盘秤 pán chèng balance consisting of steelyard with a pan; CL:臺|台[tai2]
秤盘 chèng pán the tray or pan of a steelyard balance
假秤 jiǎ chèng rigged scale (used to deceive customers by displaying incorrect weight)
鬼秤 guǐ chèng (coll.) rigged scale (used to deceive customers by displaying incorrect weight)
案秤 àn chèng counter scale; bench scale
折秤 shé chèng discrepancy in weight
杆秤 gǎn chèng a steelyard (a type of balance)
秤杆 chèng gǎn the beam of a steelyard; a balance arm
掉秤 diào chèng to lose weight (of cattle)
弹簧秤 tán huáng chèng spring balance
秤钩 chèng gōu steelyard hook
秤砣虽小压千斤 chèng tuó suī xiǎo yā qiān jīn although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom); apparently insignific…
秤锤 chèng chuí steelyard weights
抬秤 tái chèng large steelyard usu. operated by three people – two to lift it using a pole, and one to ad…