秤

秤 U+79E4, 秤
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79E4
← 秣
[U+79E3] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 秥 →
[U+79E5]

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: 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.
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • (Changsha)
      • Wiktionary: chen4
      • Sinological IPA (key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁴⁵/
      • Sinological IPA (key) (new-style): /t͡sʰən⁴⁵/
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/
Bernard
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”).

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji
秤

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Compounds

Etymology
Kanji in this term
秤
はかり
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

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
  • 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

秤 (xứng, hấng)

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