秤
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steelyard balance; Roman balance; CL:臺|台[tai2]
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,235 U+79E4
How 秤 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A balance 平 used to measure grain 禾
How to remember it
scale · Heisig RSH #2531
wild rice + water lily
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 秤
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 体重秤 | tǐ zhòng chèng | scale for measuring body weight; bathroom scale |
| 天秤座 | Tiān chèng zuò | Libra (constellation and sign of the zodiac) |
| 天秤 | tiān chèng | balance scale; Taiwan pr. [tian1 ping2] |
| 台秤 | tái chèng | platform scale; (dialect) counter scale; bench scale |
| 过秤 | guò chèng | to weigh sth |
| 复秤 | fù chèng | to reweigh |
| 盘秤 | pán chèng | balance consisting of steelyard with a pan; CL:臺|台[tai2] |
| 秤盘 | chèng pán | the tray or pan of a steelyard balance |
| 假秤 | jiǎ chèng | rigged scale (used to deceive customers by displaying incorrect weight) |
| 鬼秤 | guǐ chèng | (coll.) rigged scale (used to deceive customers by displaying incorrect weight) |
| 案秤 | àn chèng | counter scale; bench scale |
| 折秤 | shé chèng | discrepancy in weight |
| 杆秤 | gǎn chèng | a steelyard (a type of balance) |
| 秤杆 | chèng gǎn | the beam of a steelyard; a balance arm |
| 掉秤 | diào chèng | to lose weight (of cattle) |
| 弹簧秤 | tán huáng chèng | spring balance |
| 秤钩 | chèng gōu | steelyard hook |
| 秤砣虽小压千斤 | chèng tuó suī xiǎo yā qiān jīn | although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom); apparently insignific… |
| 秤锤 | chèng chuí | steelyard weights |
| 抬秤 | tái chèng | large steelyard usu. operated by three people – two to lift it using a pole, and one to ad… |