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Translingual
Han character
秤 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾 +5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹木一火十 (HDMFJ ), four-corner 21949 , composition ⿰禾 平 )
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 851 , character 28
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24993
Dae Jaweon: page 1275, character 26
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2598, character 10
Unihan data for U+79E4
Chinese
Etymology
Glyphic variant of 稱 / 称 .
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : chèng , píng (cheng4 , ping2 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄔㄥˋ, ㄆㄧㄥˊ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : cen4
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : чын (čɨn, III)
Cantonese (Jyutping ) : cing3 / ping4
Gan (Wiktionary ) : ciin3
Hakka (Sixian , PFS ) : chhṳn
Jin (Wiktionary ) : ceng3
Northern Min (KCR ) : che̿ng
Eastern Min (BUC ) : chéng
Southern Min (Hokkien , POJ ) : chhìn / chhèng
Wu (Shanghai , Wugniu ) : 5 tshen
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : chen4
Note :
chhìn - vernacular;
chhèng - literary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
秤
Reading #
1/1
No.
1460
Phonetic component
秤
Rime group
蒸
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
稱
Old Chinese
/*tʰjɯŋs/
Notes
同 稱 俗
Definitions
秤
scales ( device to measure weight )
to weigh
( Hong Kong ) Short for 天秤 (“tower crane ”).
冧 秤 [Hong Kong Cantonese ] ― lam3 cing3 ― to have a tower crane collapse
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
秤
(Jinmeiyō kanji )
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Readings
Compounds
Etymology
The 連( れん ) 用( よう ) 形( けい ) ( ren'yōkei , “ stem or continuative form ” ) of the verb 量( はか ) る ( hakaru ) .
Noun
秤( はかり ) • (hakari )
scale
Korean
Pronunciation
Hanja
秤 • (ching ) (hangeul 칭 , revised ching, McCune–Reischauer ch'ing, Yale ching)
(저울 , jeoul ): balance , scale .
Derived terms
See also
Vietnamese
Han character
秤 (xứng , hấng )
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