秤 — Chinese character
秤
chèng
balance, scale; steelyard
- Pinyin
- chèng
- Radical
- 115 ⽲ (Grain)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 禾 平
- Formation
- ideographic — A balance 平 used to measure grain 禾
- Japanese
- 秤 as a kanji
Common words with 秤
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天秤 | tiān chèng | balance scale; Taiwan pr. [tian1 ping2] |
| 杆秤 (桿秤) | gǎn chèng | a steelyard (a type of balance) |
| 秤砣 | chèng tuó | steelyard weight; standard weight |
| 秤杆 (秤桿) | chèng gǎn | the beam of a steelyard; a balance arm |
| 磅秤 | bàng chèng | scale; platform balance |
| 秤锤 (秤錘) | chèng chuí | steelyard weights |
| 台秤 (檯秤) | tái chèng | platform scale; (dialect) counter scale; bench scale |
| 弹簧秤 (彈簧秤) | tán huáng chèng | spring balance |
| 过秤 (過秤) | guò chèng | to weigh sth |
| 秤钩 (秤鉤) | chèng gōu | steelyard hook |
| 秤盘 (秤盤) | chèng pán | the tray or pan of a steelyard balance |
| 假秤 | jiǎ chèng | rigged scale (used to deceive customers by displaying incorrect weight) |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.