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CHINESE CHARACTER

chèng

秤

秤

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steelyard

Numbered pinyin
cheng4
English meanings
variant of 稱|称[cheng1], to weigh, steelyard, Roman balance, CL:臺|台[tai2]

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 禾; right 平.

  • Left

    禾
  • Right

    平
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Decomposition reference

⿰禾平

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    yī一bǎ把chèng秤。

    A scale.

  2. 02

    yòng用chèng秤chēng称。

    Weigh with the scale.

  3. 03

    diàn电zi子chèng秤。

    An electronic scale.

  4. 04

    gān杆chèng秤。

    A steelyard.

  5. 05

    chèng秤hěn很zhǔn准。

    An accurate scale.

  6. 06

    fàng放zài在chèng秤shàng上。

    Put it on the scale.

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