秤
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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
| simp. and trad. |
秤 | |
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (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): 5tshen
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): chen4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chèng
- Wade–Giles: chʻêng4
- Yale: chèng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chenq
- Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: píng
- Wade–Giles: pʻing2
- Yale: píng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyng
- Palladius: пин (pin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰiŋ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: cen4
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cen
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰən²¹³/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чын (čɨn, III)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ⁴⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: cing3 / ping4
- Yale: ching / pìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsing3 / ping4
- Guangdong Romanization: qing3 / ping4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɪŋ³³/, /pʰɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: ciin3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɨn²¹³/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳn
- Hakka Romanization System: ciin
- Hagfa Pinyim: cin4
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨn⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: ceng3
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰə̃ŋ⁴⁵/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: che̿ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰeiŋ³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: chéng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɛiŋ²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
Note:
- chhìn - vernacular;
- chhèng - literary.
- Middle Chinese: tsyhingH
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjɯŋs/
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
- 動秤兒的／动秤儿的
- 吃了秤砣
- 地秤 (dìchèng)
- 壓秤／压秤
- 大斗小秤
- 天秤
- 天秤座
- 官秤
- 廣法大秤／广法大秤
- 彈簧秤／弹簧秤 (tánhuángchèng)
- 折秤 (shéchèng)
- 扭秤 (niǔchèng)
- 抬秤
- 拿秤
- 案秤 (ànchèng)
- 桿秤／杆秤 (gǎnchèng)
- 水秤
- 沒星秤／没星秤
- 浮秤
- 盤秤／盘秤
- 短秤 (duǎnchèng)
- 磅秤 (bàngchèng)
- 秤平斗滿
- 秤斤注兩
- 秤星 (chèngxīng)
- 秤桿／秤杆 (chènggǎn)
- 秤毫 (chèngháo)
- 秤盤子／秤盘子 (chèngpánzi)
- 秤砣 (chèngtuó)
- 秤紐／秤纽 (chèngniǔ)
- 秤鉤／秤钩 (chènggōu)
- 秤錘／秤锤 (chèngchuí)
- 綿裹秤鎚／绵裹秤锤
- 過秤／过秤 (ɡuòchèng)
- 開秤／开秤
Japanese
| Shinjitai (extended) |
Shinjitai (extended) |
秤󠄀 秤+ 󠄀?(Adobe-Japan1) |
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| 秤󠄂 秤+ 󠄂?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||||
| Kyūjitai | 秤 | 
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Kanji
秤
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Readings
- Go-on: しょう (shō)←しよう (syou, historical)
- Kan-on: しょう (shō)←しよう (syou, historical)
- Kan’yō-on: ひょう (hyō)←ひやう (fyau, historical)、ひん (hin)、びん (bin)
- Kun: はかり (hakari, 秤)
Compounds
- 天秤 (tenbin)
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
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| 秤 |
| はかり Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi |
The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 量る (hakaru).
Noun
Korean
Pronunciation
Hanja
秤 • (ching) (hangeul 칭, revised ching, McCune–Reischauer ch'ing, Yale ching)
Derived terms
- 天平秤 (천평칭, cheon-pyeong-ching) balance, scale.
- 天平 (천평, cheon-pyeong) short for 天平秤.
- 天秤 (천칭, cheon-ching) short for 天平秤.
See also
Vietnamese
Han character
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