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 Dictionary: 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

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): chèng, píng (cheng⁴, ping²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˋ, ㄆㄧㄥˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cen⁴

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чын (čɨn, III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing³ / ping⁴

• Gan (Wiktionary): ciin³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳn
• Jin (Wiktionary): ceng³
• Northern Min (KCR): che̿ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): chéng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhìn / chhèng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tshen
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): chen⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chèng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng⁴
    • Yale: chèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chenq
    • Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing²
    • Yale: píng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyng
    • Palladius: пин (pin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: cen⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰən²¹³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чын (čɨn, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cing³ / ping⁴
    • Yale: ching / pìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing³ / ping⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing³ / ping⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ³³/, /pʰɪŋ²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ciin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɨn²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨn⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ceng³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰəŋ⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: che̿ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeiŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛiŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìn
    • Tâi-lô: tshìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chixn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰin¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰin²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhèng
    • Tâi-lô: tshìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhexng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹/

Note:

• chhìn - vernacular;
• chhèng - literary.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tshen
    • MiniDict: tshen^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰən³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: chen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sʰən⁴⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhingH

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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯əŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjɯŋs/

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”).

   冧秤 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  lam³ cing³ [Jyutping]  ―  to have a tower crane collapse

Compounds

• 動秤兒的 / 动秤儿的
• 吃了秤砣
• 地秤 (dìchèng)
• 壓秤 / 压秤
• 大斗小秤
• 天秤
• 天秤座
• 官秤
• 廣法大秤 / 广法大秤
• 彈簧秤 / 弹簧秤 (tánhuángchèng)
• 折秤 (shéchèng)
• 扭秤 (niǔchèng)
• 抬秤
• 拿秤
• 案秤 (ànchèng)
• 桿秤 / 杆秤 (gǎnchèng)
• 水秤
• 沒星秤 / 没星秤
• 浮秤
• 盤秤 / 盘秤
• 短秤 (duǎnchèng)
• 磅秤 (bàngchèng)
• 秤平斗滿
• 秤斤注兩 / 秤斤注两
• 秤星 (chèngxīng)
• 秤桿 / 秤杆 (chènggǎn)
• 秤毫 (chèngháo)
• 秤盤子 / 秤盘子 (chèngpánzi)
• 秤砣 (chèngtuó)
• 秤紐 / 秤纽 (chèngniǔ)
• 秤鉤 / 秤钩 (chènggōu)
• 秤錘 / 秤锤 (chèngchuí)
• 綿裹秤鎚 / 绵裹秤锤
• 過秤 / 过秤 (ɡuòchèng)
• 開秤 / 开秤

 

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	Shinjitai (extended)	秤󠄀 秤+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
秤󠄂 秤+󠄂? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
Kyūjitai	秤
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Kanji

秤

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←しよう (syou, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←しよう (syou, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←ひやう (fyau, historical)}、ひん (hin)、びん (bin)
• Kun: はかり (hakari, 秤)

Compounds

• 天秤(てんびん) (tenbin)

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

• Homophones: 稱 (칭)

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

• 天 (천)
• 平 (평)

Vietnamese

Han character

秤 (xứng, hấng)

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