Vita:衡

Parts

• 衡 891 equilibrium
  • 行 873 boulevard (going)
    • ⼂ * drop (a drop of, drop of, eye-dropper)
    • 人 951 person
    • 一 1 ceiling (one, floor)
    • 丁 91 nail (street, spike, street-sign)
  • ⼓ * bound up (chain, rope)
  • 田 14 brains (rice field, brain)
  • 大 107 St Bernard dog (large)

Walking down the boulevard you notice a stbernarddog with a leash bound through his brains, the poor thing doesn't seem too well (heh) and looses its equilibrium (balance).

KANJIDIC Entry

• 衡 3955 U8861 B60 C144 G8 S16 F1847 N1641 V1775 H761 DK527 L891 K1694 O2450 DO1358 MN34078 MP10.0000 E1267 IN1585 DJ1449 DG1618 P1-3-13 I3i13.1 Q2143.0 DR2053 Yheng2 Whyeong コウ T1 ひら {equilibrium} {measuring rod} {scale}

EDICT Entries

• 拡大均衡 [かくだいきんこう] / (n) an expanded or expanding equilibrium / (P) /
• 均衡 [きんこう] / (n) equilibrium / balance / (P) /
• 不均衡 [ふきんこう] / (adj-na,n) imbalance / disparity / out of balance / inequality / (P) /
• 平衡 [へいこう] / (n) even scale / equilibrium / balance / equalization / equalisation / (P) /

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Meta

1. Frequency: 1340 out of 9933.

Decomposition

Once

• 衡 => 行, No glyph available

Radical

• 衡 => 行 (go/do) , ⺈ (knife) , 田 (field) , 大 (big)

Graphical

• 衡 => ㇒,丨,二,亅,⺈,冂,一,丨,一,人,一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. heng2 - to weigh/weight/measure

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 衡 (heng2): The component 行 is pronounced as 'hang2'.

Example Words

High Frequency

• 平衡

Medium Frequency

• 制衡
• 均衡
• 失衡
• 抗衡
• 权衡 (權衡)
• 衡山
• 衡量
• 衡阳 (衡陽)

Appears In

• 衡 also appears in:
• 蘅