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秤

balances
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingショウ、ヒン、ビン
Kun readingはかり
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. balances
    両天秤をかけると失敗する。You can't have it both ways.tatoeba
    権衡 - 革製の秤Kenko: a leathe scalewiki
  2. scales
    浴室の秤で体重を計った。I weighed myself on the bathroom scales.tatoeba
    甲斐国は産金の地で、精密な秤を必要としたという。It is said that precise scales were required in Kai Province, where gold was produced.wiki
  3. steelyard
  4. balancing scalesRtK
  1. weighing machine

Radicals and components

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Components
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Compound words

皿秤さらばかり
balance
水秤みずばかり
a water level
台秤だいばかり
platform scales
天秤てんびん
(balance) scales
盤秤さらばかり
balance
扛秤ちぎばかり
large beam balance
杠秤ちぎばかり
large beam balance
棹秤さおばかり
beam balance
天秤座てんびんざ
Libra (constellation)
天秤棒てんびんぼう
carrying pole
両天秤りょうてんびん
two alternatives
天秤にかけるてんびんにかける
to weigh (one thing against another)
天秤に掛けるてんびんにかける
to weigh (one thing against another)
木槽天秤しぼりきぶねてんびんしぼり
(sake) brewed in wooden vats, squeezed out by weight on a pole

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Practice Writing

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