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衡

衡 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. はかり。天秤。
  2. はかる。
  3. つりあう。たいら。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「角+夨」（この部分の由来は明らかではない）+音符「行」。「はかり」「つりあう」を意味する漢語｛衡｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

equilibrium, measuring rod, scale

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コウJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • ひら
Other languages
  • 拼音heng2
  • 한글hyeong
  • Hán-ViệtHành
  • Hán-ViệtHoành

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
行(ぎょう)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8861

Components

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Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰彳𩶷

Words using this kanji

  • 衡平こうへい釣合のとれていること、釣り合うようにすること。balance, equity
  • 衡器こうき物の重量をはかるための器具。はかり。scale, balance, weighing machine
  • 衡量こうりょうかけて重さやを量ること。 色々と勘案すること。weighing, measuring volume, quantifying
  • 衡平法こうへいほうequity

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-13
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2143.0
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3i13.1
Heisig
957
Nelson
1641