衡

Translingual

Han character

衡 (Kangxi radical 144, 行+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 竹人弓大弓 (HONKN), four-corner 2122₁, composition ⿲彳𩵋亍)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1110, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34078
• Dae Jaweon: page 1575, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 846, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8861

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		衡
alternative forms		𪉗 𢖍 𧗣

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (行) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
筕	*ɡaːŋ, *ɡraːŋ
桁	*ɡaːŋ, *ɡraːŋ
行	*ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs, *ɡraːŋ, *ɡraːŋs
胻	*ɡaːŋ, *ɡraːŋ, *ɡraːŋs
衡	*ɡraːŋ
蘅	*ɡraːŋ
珩	*ɡraːŋ
洐	*ɡraːŋ
荇	*ɡraːŋʔ
絎	*ɡraːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡraːŋ) : phonetic 行 (OC *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs, *ɡraːŋ, *ɡraːŋs) + semantic 角 (“horn”) + semantic 大 (“big”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héng (heng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hn̂g / hêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héng
    • Wade–Giles: hêng²
    • Yale: héng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herng
    • Palladius: хэн (xɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hang⁴
    • Yale: hàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: hn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng
    • Tâi-lô: hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: heeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: haeng

Rime
Character	衡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸庚切
Baxter	haeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣɐŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	héng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hang4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤraŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡraːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	衡
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	héng
Middle Chinese	‹ hæng ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁraŋ/
English	beam of a steelyard
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	衡
Reading #	1/1
No.	13868
Phonetic component	行
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	行
Old Chinese	/*ɡraːŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 衡

1. cross yoke (of an ox, in carriage, etc.)
2. beam of steelyard; (by extension) weighing apparatus
3. to weigh
4. to judge; to measure
5. level; even; balanced

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Japanese

Kanji

衡

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. equilibrium
2. measuring rod
3. scale

Readings

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: くびき (kubiki, 衡); はかり (hakari, 衡); はかる (hakaru, 衡る)
• Nanori: ひら (hira)

Compounds

• 拡大均衡(かくだいきんこう) (kakudai kinkō)
• 合従連衡(がっしょうれんこう) (gasshō renkō)
• 均衡(きんこう) (kinkō)
• 均衡価格(きんこうかかく) (kinkō kakaku)
• 均衡経済(きんこうけいざい) (kinkō keizai)
• 均衡予算(きんこうよさん) (kinkō yosan)
• 権衡(けんこう) (kenkō)
• 衡器(こうき) (kōki)
• 衡平(こうへい) (kōhei)
• 財政均衡計画(ざいせいきんこうけいかく) (zaisei kinkō keikaku)
• 銓衡(せんこう) (senkō)
• 度量衡(どりょうこう) (doryōkō)
• 不均衡(ふきんこう) (fukinkō)
• 平衡(へいこう) (heikō)
• 平衡感覚(へいこうかんかく) (heikō kankaku)
• 平衡錘(へいこうすい) (heikōsui)
• 利子平衡税(りしへいこうぜい) (rishiheikōzei)
• 連衡(れんこう) (renkō)

Noun

衡(くびき) • (kubiki) 

1. Alternative form of 軛

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Korean

Hanja

衡 • (hyeong, hoeng) (hangeul 형, 횡, revised hyeong, hoeng, McCune–Reischauer hyŏng, hoeng, Yale hyeng, hoyng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 衡 (hành, hoành)

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