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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 (14 words)
酸塩基平衡 さんえんきへいこう

acid-base equilibrium

衡量 こうりょう

weighing

一目均衡表 いちもくきんこうひょう

ichimoku

地殻均衡 ちかくきんこう

isostasy

平衡接続 へいこうせつぞく

balanced line

平衡税 へいこうぜい

equalization tax (interest, commercial values, etc.)

金利平衡税 きんりへいこうぜい

interest equalization tax

縮小均衡 しゅくしょうきんこう

balanced contraction

不平衡 ふへいこう

imbalance

児頭骨盤不均衡 じとうこつばんふきんこう

cephalopelvic disproportion

度量衡学 どりょうこうがく

metrology

国際度量衡総会 こくさいどりょうこうそうかい

General Conference of Weights and Measures

国際度量衡委員会 こくさいどりょうこういいんかい

Comite International des Poids et Measures

論衡 ろんこう

Lunheng (collection of Chinese classic texts written by Wang Chong)

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