Chinese Character 秤 Meanings and components.

Form

秤

Meaning

秤 meaning[3] in English

Variant Of 稱|称[Cheng1], To Weigh.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 秤 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are cereal (禾) , and surname Ping (平)

Its radical[1] is: 禾 (he2) which means: Cereal, Grain, .禾he2cereal

In cangjie it is written with HDMFJ

How to write 秤

To write秤cheng4variant of … you should write a combination of 禾he2cereal , 平ping2surname Ping arranged in a 吅 shape:

禾 + 平 = 秤

秤 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 秤 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 秤, looks as follow:

秤
Pinyin:cheng4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 稱|称[Cheng1], To Weigh
禾
Pinyin:he2
Meaning[3]: Cereal . Grain
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
平
Pinyin:ping2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Ping
干
Pinyin:gan4
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 乾|干[Gan1]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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