衡 (hang4 waang4 | heng2) : weigh; measure

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衡

hang4 waang4

heng2

[粵] hang4 | [國] heng2
[1] [v] weigh; measure; judge; assess
[2] [n] weighing apparatus; beam of a steelyard

[粵] waang4 | [國] heng2
variant of 橫

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Stroke count: 16

Level: 2

Radical: (#144)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

衡

This word has been viewed 6767 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 2nd Jan 2012 13:32

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權衡 kyun4 hang4 quan2 heng2 = weigh; consider

平衡 ping4 hang4 ping2 heng2 = balance, equilibrium

抗衡 kong3 hang4 kang4 heng2 = contend against

衡量 hang4 loeng6 heng2 liang5 = weigh; measure

失去平衡 sat1 heoi3 ping4 hang4 = overbalance (lit: "lose level/even measure")

失衡 sat1 hang4 = unbalance

衡陽 hang4 joeng4 = Hengyang

不穩平衡 bat1 wan2 ping4 hang4 bu4 wen3 ping2 heng2 = unstable equilibrium 國

不平衡 bat1 ping4 hang4 bu4 ping2 heng2 = unbalanced; disequilibrium; disproportion; unbalance 國

保持平衡的 bou2 ci4 ping4 hang4 dik1 bao3 chi2 ping2 heng2 de5 = equilibratory; libratory 國
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經濟衰退嘅成因係消費、投資及資產價格之間唔平衡。粵
Inequilibrium in expenditure, investment and the prices of assets and properties would cause an economic downturn.

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Decimal representation of this word: 衡
Unicode code for this character: U+8861 (off-site link)

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