Memory phrase for the character: 秤

秤

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Meaning

steelyard, beam balance, Roman balance

Pronunciation

chèng

Explanation

 Left: rice plant 禾, right: flat, equal 平 (image of a scales)

Mnemonic
 
Rice plants are best to be weighted with a steelyard.

Radicals

禾 grainGrain plant 木 with a spike ノ of grain
平 flat, level




 Vocabulary

秤锤 chèng chuí  steelyard weights
磅秤 bàng chèng  scale; platform balance
弹簧秤 tán huáng chèng  spring balance
杆秤 gǎn chèng  a steelyard (a type of balance)
杆秤 gǎn chèng  

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