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Chinese symbol for “equilibrium”

平衡
píng héng
balance; equilibrium

The closest CC-CEDICT match for equilibrium is 平衡 (píng héng), defined as: balance; equilibrium.

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Characters and stroke order

平 píng
flat, level, even; peaceful
radical 51 ⼲ · 5 strokes
衡 héng
to measure, to weigh; to consider, to judge
radical 144 ⾏ · 16 strokes

Other Chinese words for “equilibrium”

WordPinyinMeaning
均衡jūn héngequal; balanced
平衡态 (平衡態)píng héng tàibalance; (state of) equilibrium

Related words

Other words that share a character with 平衡.

WordPinyinMeaning
平台 (平臺)píng táiplatform; terrace
和平hé píngpeace; peaceful
水平shuǐ pínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
平均píng jūnaverage; on average; evenly; in equal proportions
公平gōng píngfair; impartial
平等píng děngequal; equality
衡量héng liángto weigh; to examine
均衡jūn héngequal; balanced

See also: Japanese symbol for “equilibrium”.

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.