# 秤

| 秤 | U+79E4, &#31204; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79E4 |
| ← 秣 [U+79E3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 秥 → [U+79E5] |

## Translingual
### Han character

秤 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹木一火十 (HDMFJ), four-corner 2194$_9$, composition ⿰禾平)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 851, character 28
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24993
* Dae Jaweon: page 1275, character 26
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2598, character 10
* Unihan data for U+79E4

## Chinese
### Etymology

Glyphic variant of 稱 / 称.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): chèng, píng (cheng$^4$, ping$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˋ, ㄆㄧㄥˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cen$^4$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чын (čɨn, III)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cing$^3$ / ping$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ciin$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳn
* Jin (Wiktionary): ceng$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): che̿ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): chéng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhìn / chhèng
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): cing$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tshen
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): chen$^4$
    (Loudi, Wiktionary): jin$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chèng
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chèng
*** Wade–Giles: chʻêng$^4$
*** Yale: chèng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chenq
*** Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: píng
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: píng
*** Wade–Giles: pʻing$^2$
*** Yale: píng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyng
*** Palladius: пин (pin)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiŋ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: cen$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cen
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰən²¹³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чын (čɨn, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cing$^3$ / ping$^4$
*** Yale: ching / pìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsing$^3$ / ping$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qing$^3$ / ping$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɪŋ³³/, /pʰɪŋ²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ciin$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɨn²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳn
*** Hakka Romanization System: ciin
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨn⁵⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ceng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰəŋ⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: che̿ng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰeiŋ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chéng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɛiŋ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìn
*** Tâi-lô: tshìn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chixn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰin⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰin¹¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰin²¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhèng
*** Tâi-lô: tshìng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhexng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹/
* chhìn - vernacular;
* chhèng - literary.
* Middle Chinese: tsyhingH
Rime :
| Character | 秤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 昌 (24) |
| Final (韻) | 蒸 (133) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 昌孕切 |
| Baxter | tsyhingH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕʰɨŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕʰɨŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕʰieŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cʰiŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕʰiəŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕʰĭəŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕʰi̯əŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chèng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cing$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjɯŋs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 秤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1460 |
| Phonetic component | 秤 |
| Rime group | 蒸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 稱 |
| Old Chinese | /*tʰjɯŋs/ |
| Notes | 同稱俗 |

### Definitions

秤
* scales (device to measure weight)
* to weigh
* (Hong Kong) Short for 天秤 (“tower crane”).
    冧秤 [Hong Kong Cantonese] ― lam$^3$ cing$^3$ [Jyutping] ― to have a tower crane collapse

### Compounds

* 動秤兒的 / 动秤儿的
* 吃了秤砣
* 地秤 (dìchèng)
* 壓秤 / 压秤
* 大斗小秤
* 天秤
* 天秤座
* 官秤
* 廣法大秤 / 广法大秤
* 彈簧秤 / 弹簧秤 (tánhuángchèng)
* 折秤 (shéchèng)
* 扭秤 (niǔchèng)
* 抬秤
* 拿秤
* 案秤 (ànchèng)
* 桿秤 / 杆秤 (gǎnchèng)
* 水秤
* 沒星秤 / 没星秤
* 浮秤
* 盤秤 / 盘秤
* 短秤 (duǎnchèng)
* 磅秤 (bàngchèng)
* 秤平斗滿
* 秤斤注兩 / 秤斤注两
* 秤星 (chèngxīng)
* 秤桿 / 秤杆 (chènggǎn)
* 秤毫 (chèngháo)
* 秤盤子 / 秤盘子 (chèngpánzi)
* 秤砣 (chèngtuó)
* 秤紐 / 秤纽 (chèngniǔ)
* 秤鉤 / 秤钩 (chènggōu)
* 秤錘 / 秤锤 (chèngchuí)
* 綿裹秤鎚 / 绵裹秤锤
* 過秤 / 过秤 (ɡuòchèng)
* 開秤 / 开秤

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | Shinjitai (extended) |
| 秤󠄂 秤+&#xE0102; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | Shinjitai (extended) |
| Kyūjitai | 秤 |
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### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: しょう (shō)
* Kan-on: しょう (shō)
* Kan’yō-on: ひょう (hyō)、ひん (hin)、びん (bin)
* Kun: はかり (hakari, 秤)

#### Compounds

* 天秤(てんびん) (tenbin)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 秤
* はかり Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 量(はか)る (hakaru).

### Pronunciation=

* (Tokyo) はかり [hàkárí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ha̠ka̠ɾʲi]

### Noun

秤(はかり) • (hakari)
* scale

## Korean
### Pronunciation

* Homophones: 稱 (칭)

### Hanja

秤 • (ching) (hangeul 칭, revised ching, McCune–Reischauer ch'ing, Yale ching)
* (저울, jeoul): balance, scale.

#### Derived terms

* 天平秤 (천평칭, cheon-pyeong-ching) balance, scale.
* 天平 (천평, cheon-pyeong) short for 天平秤.
* 天秤 (천칭, cheon-ching) short for 天平秤.

#### See also

* 天 (천)
* 平 (평)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

秤 (xứng, hấng)
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