秤

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秤 U+79E4, 秤
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79E4
← 秣
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 秥 →

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

Etymology

Glyphic variant of 稱 / 称.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • chhìn - vernacular;
  • chhèng - literary.
Rime
Character 秤
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 昌 (24)
Final (韻) 蒸 (133)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 昌孕切
Baxter tsyhingH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ɕʰɨŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡ɕʰɨŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ɕʰieŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/cʰiŋH/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ɕʰiəŋH/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ɕʰĭəŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡ɕʰi̯əŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cing3
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

  1. scales (device to measure weight)
  2. to weigh
  3. (Hong Kong) Short for 天秤 (“tower crane”).
    冧秤 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  lam3 cing3   ―  to have a tower crane collapse

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended) 		Shinjitai
(extended)
秤󠄀
秤+󠄀?
(Adobe-Japan1)
秤󠄂
秤+󠄂?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
Kyūjitai 秤
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Kanji

秤

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
秤
はかり
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
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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) 

  1. scale

Korean

Pronunciation

Hanja

秤 • (ching) (hangeul 칭, revised ching, McCune–Reischauer ch'ing, Yale ching)

  1. (저울, jeoul): balance, scale.

Derived terms

See also

Vietnamese

Han character

秤 (xứng, hấng)

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