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秤 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「禾」

道
準1University / general ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「禾」
On
ショウ・ヒン・ビンしょう・ひん・びん · shō · hin · bin
Kun
はかりhakari
Meaning
scales; balance

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grain 禾 with 平 "level": the balance on which grain is weighed.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 天秤てんびん

    balance scale

  • 秤量しょうりょう

    weighing; weighing capacity

More words with this kanji

  • 天秤棒てんびんぼう
  • 杠秤ちぎりばかり

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

二(ふた)つの品(しな)を天秤(てんびん)に掛(か)けて比(くら)べた。

I weighed the two items against each other on the balance.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

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