Chinese Character 衡 Meanings and components.

Form

衡

Meaning

衡 meaning[3] in English

To Weigh.

Weight.

Measure.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 衡 can be seen as a composition of 1 main shapes where its meanings is and step with the … (彳)

Its radical[1] is: 行 (xing2) which means: Row, Line, Commercial Firm, Line Of Business, Profession, To Rank (First, Second Etc) Among One's Siblings (By Age), (In Data Tables) Row, (Tw) Column, .行xing2row

In cangjie it is written with HONKN

衡 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

衡
Pinyin:heng2 Shape:弼
Meaning[3]: To Weigh . Weight . Measure
彳
Pinyin:chi4
Meaning[3]: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60) . See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4]

Notes

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

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

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