衡

衡 (Kangxi radical 144, 行+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 竹人弓大弓 (HONKN), four-corner 2122₁, composition ⿴行𩵋 or ⿲彳𩵋亍)

• 𭗯, 𬋛, 𤫄, 𫶣, 蘅, 𫂬

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1110, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34078
• Dae Jaweon: page 1575, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 846, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8861

Historical forms of the character 衡
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡraːŋ): phonetic 行 (OC *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs, *ɡraːŋ, *ɡraːŋs) + semantic 角 (“horn”) + semantic 大 (“big”).

衡

1. cross yoke (of an ox, in carriage, etc.)
2. beam of steelyard; (by extension) weighing apparatus
3. to weigh
4. to judge; to measure
5. level; even; balanced
6. transverse; horizontal
7. a surname

衡

1. (as a resultative) (pulled) tight; taut

   拉衡條繩。／拉衡条绳。   ―  laai¹ hang⁴ tiu⁴ sing^4-2.   ―  Pull the rope taut.

2. to the limit; to the maximum

   開衡部冷氣／开衡部冷气   ―  hoi¹ hang⁴ bou⁶ laang⁵ hei³   ―  to turn up the AC to the maximum; to have the AC running on maximum

   扯到衡晒   ―  ce² dou³ hang⁴ saai³   ―  to be fully erect

3. famous; prestigious; well-known

• “Query for 衡”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
• “衡”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jōyō kanji)

1. equilibrium
2. measuring rod
3. scale

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: くびき (kubiki, 衡)、はかり (hakari, 衡)、はかる (hakaru, 衡る)
• Nanori: ひら (hira)

• 拡大均衡(かくだいきんこう) (kakudai kinkō)
• 合従連衡(がっしょうれんこう) (gasshō renkō)
• 均衡(きんこう) (kinkō)
• 均衡価格(きんこうかかく) (kinkō kakaku)
• 均衡経済(きんこうけいざい) (kinkō keizai)
• 均衡予算(きんこうよさん) (kinkō yosan)
• 権衡(けんこう) (kenkō)
• 衡器(こうき) (kōki)
• 衡平(こうへい) (kōhei)
• 財政均衡計画(ざいせいきんこうけいかく) (zaisei kinkō keikaku)
• 銓衡(せんこう) (senkō)
• 度量衡(どりょうこう) (doryōkō)
• 不均衡(ふきんこう) (fukinkō)
• 平衡(へいこう) (heikō)
• 平衡感覚(へいこうかんかく) (heikō kankaku)
• 平衡錘(へいこうすい) (heikōsui)
• 利子平衡税(りしへいこうぜい) (rishiheikōzei)
• 連衡(れんこう) (renkō)

衡 • (hyeong, hoeng) (hangeul 형, 횡, revised hyeong, hoeng, McCune–Reischauer hyŏng, hoeng, Yale hyeng, hoyng)

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衡: Hán Nôm readings: hành, hoành

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