Chinese symbol for “balance”
平衡
píng héng
balance; equilibrium
The closest CC-CEDICT match for balance is 平衡 (píng héng), defined as: balance; equilibrium.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “balance”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 余额 (餘額) | yú é | balance (of an account, bill etc); surplus |
| 差额 (差額) | chā é | balance (financial); discrepancy (in a sum or quota) |
| 结余 (結餘) | jié yú | balance; cash surplus |
| 兼顾 (兼顧) | jiān gù | to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time; to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc) |
| 结存 (結存) | jié cún | balance; cash in hand |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 平衡.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平台 (平臺) | píng tái | platform; terrace |
| 和平 | hé píng | peace; peaceful |
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 平均 | píng jūn | average; on average; evenly; in equal proportions |
| 公平 | gōng píng | fair; impartial |
| 平等 | píng děng | equal; equality |
| 衡量 | héng liáng | to weigh; to examine |
| 均衡 | jūn héng | equal; balanced |
See also: Japanese symbol for “balance”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.