秤 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

「稱」の草書に由来する略体。「稱」については稱#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

balances, scales, steelyard

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショウ
  • ヒン
  • ビン
Kun (native)
  • はかり
Other languages
  • 拼音cheng4
  • 拼音chen4
  • 拼音cheng1
  • 한글ching
  • Hán-ViệtXứng

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
禾(のぎ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+79E4

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰禾平

Words using this kanji

  • はかり(はかり)物の重量をはかる器具、器械。scales, weighing machine
  • 秤動ひょうどう天体が自転または公転の関係で、天秤が揺れ動くように振動すること。oscillation of a heavenly body, libration
  • 秤量ひょうりょうはかりで重量をはかること。 一つのはかりではかることができる最大の重量。 良し悪しなどを見定めること。measuring weight, weighing, maximum weight (on a scale)
  • 秤にかけるはかりにかけるto weigh on a scale, to weigh up options, to compare pros and cons

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(25 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
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2194.9
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5d5.4
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2650
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3275