Medoru
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衡
JLPT N1 16 strokes Frequency: #1847

Meanings

Equilibrium, Measuring Rod, Scale

Radicals

行

Decomposition

⿻行⿱角大

Etymology

Ideographic: A big 大 horn 角; 行 provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 16

Stroke Order

1 diagonal right-to-left
2 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
3 vertical bottom-to-top
4 diagonal right-to-left
5 corner right-to-left
6 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
7 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
8 vertical right-to-left
9 horizontal left-to-right
10 horizontal left-to-right
11 horizontal bottom-to-top
12 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
13 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
14 horizontal right-to-left
15 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
16 hook bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
コウ kou
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

54 words total
Other (20 words)
合従連衡 がっしょうれんこう

alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty)

財政均衡計画 ざいせいきんこうけいかく

balanced budget plan

度量衡 どりょうこう

weights and measures

不均衡 ふきんこう

imbalance

平衡 へいこう

balance

平衡感覚 へいこうかんかく

sense of equilibrium

均衡経済 きんこうけいざい

balanced economy

均衡予算 きんこうよさん

balanced budget

均衡価格 きんこうかかく

equilibrium price

衡平 こうへい

balance

衡器 こうき

scale

拡大均衡 かくだいきんこう

an expanded or expanding equilibrium

利子平衡税 りしへいこうぜい

interest equalization tax

権衡 けんこう

balance

平衡錘 へいこうすい

counterweight

連衡 れんこう

alliance (esp. originally of individual member states of the Six Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty)

一般均衡理論 いっぱんきんこうりろん

general equilibrium theory

化学平衡 かがくへいこう

chemical equilibrium

派閥均衡 はばつきんこう

balance of power among factions (within a political party)

均衡 きんこう

balance

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