10 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

balances, scales, steelyard

Kun'yomi
  • scales
On'yomi
  • ショウ
  • ヒン
  • ビン

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ヒンビン 89.9%
はかり 10.1%

Character Breakdown

balances, scales, steelyard
ヒン はかり ショウ (Kentei Pre-1)
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
カ いね (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
even, flat, peace
ヘイ たいら ひら (3rd, N3)
dry, parch, ebb
ひ.る カン ほ.す (6th, N2)
to divide

Common Words

(balance) scales ②carrying pole ③thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine) ④spreader bar
Libra (constellation)
Libra (7th zodiacal sign)
to weigh (one thing against another) ②to try to have it both ways
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References

Unicode hex code 79E4
JIS X 0208 1-39-73
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3275
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4134
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1488
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1072
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2604
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2650
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 24993X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5d5.4
Four corner code 2194.9