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衡

equilibrium
Stroke count: 16

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. equilibriumRtK
    彼は平衡を失ってはしごから落ちた。He lost his balance and fell off the ladder.tatoeba
    彼は体の平衡を失って、ひっくり返った。He lost his balance and fell down.tatoeba
  2. measuring rod
  3. scale
  1. yoke
  2. constraints
  3. oppression

Popular Usage

均衡

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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boulevard · going (行) · bound up (乙) · rice field (田) · brains · large (大) · St. Bernard (犬)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 957

Compound words

均衡きんこう
balance; equilibrium
平衡へいこう
balance; equilibrium
不均衡ふきんこう
imbalance; lack of balance; lopsidedness; disproportion; inequality
拡大均衡かくだいきんこう
an expanded or expanding equilibrium
詮衡せんこう
selection
選衡せんこう
selection
銓衡せんこう
selection
度量衡どりょうこう
weights and measures
平衡錘へいこうすい
counterweight
合従連衡がっしょうれんこう
alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty)
平衡感覚へいこうかんかく
sense of equilibrium
財政均衡計画ざいせいきんこうけいかく
balanced budget plan

Additional Examples

我々は出費と収入の間で均衡をはかるべきだ。
We should strike a balance between our expenditure and income.tatoeba
いたる所で自然の均衡が破られようとしている。
Nature's balance is going to be upset everywhere.tatoeba

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 衡

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step