秤

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(GHTV) or ⿰禾⿻干八(JK))

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		秤

Etymology

Glyphic variant of 稱／称.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

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

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˋ, ㄆㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing³ / ping⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhìn / chhèng

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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/
• 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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨn⁵⁵/
• 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.

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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/
Bernard 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

(deprecated template usage) 秤

1. scales (device to measure weight)
2. to weigh on a scale

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Japanese

Kanji

秤

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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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

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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)

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Vietnamese

Han character

秤 (xứng, hấng)

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