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秤 = 禾 + 平
秤 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “balancing scales”. It is built from 禾 (grain) and 平 (even). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2650.
- Keyword
- balancing scales
- RTK frame
- 2650
- Strokes
- 10
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ショウ, ヒン, ビン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- はかり
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- balances, балансирующие шкалы
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 秤 balance
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 秤 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grain” + “even”. 秤 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 秤 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.