秤

chèng

steelyard; balance; scales

Radical: 禾 HSK 8 n, q ideographic

Components & Etymology

秤 decomposes into the following components:

禾 平

Words containing 秤

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 秤.

假秤
jiǎ chèng
台秤
tái chèng
复秤
fù chèng
天秤
tiān chèng
Libra (star sign)
折秤
shé chèng
discrepancy in weight
抬秤
tái chèng
掉秤
diào chèng
to lose weight (of cattle)
杆秤
gǎn chèng
a steelyard (a type of balance)
案秤
àn chèng
盘秤
pán chèng
balance consisting of steelyard with a pan
磅秤
bàng chèng
scale
秤坨
chèng tuó
variant of 秤砣[cheng4 tuo2]

Related characters (radical 禾)

Characters that share the radical 禾.

禾 禿 秀 私 秃 秆 秉 秋 种 科 秒 秕 秘 秝 租 秣 秦 秧 秩 秫 秭 积 称 秸

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