衡

衡 U+8861, 衡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8861
← 衠
[U+8860] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 衢 →
[U+8862]

Translingual

Han character

衡 (Kangxi radical 144, 行+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 竹人弓大弓 (HONKN), four-corner 21221, composition ⿲彳𩵋亍)

Derived characters

References
  • KangXi: page 1110, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34078
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1575, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 846, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+8861

Chinese

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (行) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
筕 *ɡaːŋ, *ɡraːŋ
桁 *ɡaːŋ, *ɡraːŋ
行 *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs, *ɡraːŋ, *ɡraːŋs
胻 *ɡaːŋ, *ɡraːŋ, *ɡraːŋs
衡 *ɡraːŋ
蘅 *ɡraːŋ
珩 *ɡraːŋ
洐 *ɡraːŋ
荇 *ɡraːŋʔ
絎 *ɡraːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡraːŋ) : phonetic 行 (OC *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs, *ɡraːŋ, *ɡraːŋs) + semantic 角 (“horn”) + semantic 大 (“big”).

Etymology 1
simp. and trad.
 衡
alternative forms 𪉗
𢖍
𧗣

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 衡
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 庚 (109)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 戸庚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦˠæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦᵚaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦaɨjŋ/
Li
Rong		 /ɣɐŋ/
Wang
Li		 /ɣɐŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 héng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 hang4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 衡
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 héng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hæng ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ɡ]ˁraŋ/
English beam of a steelyard

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 衡
Reading # 1/1
No. 13868
Phonetic
component		 行
Rime
group		 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 行
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡraːŋ/

Definitions

衡

  1. cross yoke (of an ox, in carriage, etc.)
  2. beam of steelyard; (by extension) weighing apparatus
  3. to weigh
  4. to judge; to measure
  5. level; even; balanced
  6. transverse; horizontal

Compounds
Derived terms from 衡

Etymology 2
simp. and trad.
 衡
alternative forms 行
拫
恆／恒

Pronunciation

Definitions

衡

  1. (as a resultative) (pulled) tight; taut
    拉衡條繩。／拉衡条绳。 [Cantonese]  ―  laai1 hang4 tiu4 sing4-2. [Jyutping]  ―  Pull the rope taut.
  2. to the limit; to the maximum
    開衡部冷氣／开衡部冷气 [Cantonese]  ―  hoi1 hang4 bou6 laang5 hei3 [Jyutping]  ―  to turn up the AC to the maximum; to have the AC running on maximum
  3. famous; prestigious; well-known
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 緊 (“tight”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 緊
Mandarin Taiwan 緊
Guilin 緊
Singapore 緊
Cantonese Guangzhou 緊, 衡 †
Hong Kong 緊, 衡 †
Singapore (Guangfu) 緊
Hakka Meixian 緊, 絚
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 絚
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 絚
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 絚
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 絚
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 絚
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 絚
Min Nan Xiamen 絚
Quanzhou 絚, 絚丹
Zhangzhou 絚
Taipei 絚 GT
Penang (Hokkien) 絚
Singapore (Hokkien) 絚
Chaozhou 絚
Shantou 絚
Jieyang 絚
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified); † - only used for pulled objects as a resultative

Japanese

Kanji
衡

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. equilibrium
  2. measuring rod
  3. scale

Readings

Compounds
  • 拡大均衡(かくだいきんこう) (kakudai kinkō)
  • 合従連衡(がっしょうれんこう) (gasshō renkō)
  • 均衡(きんこう) (kinkō)
  • 均衡価格(きんこうかかく) (kinkō kakaku)
  • 均衡経済(きんこうけいざい) (kinkō keizai)
  • 均衡予算(きんこうよさん) (kinkō yosan)
  • 権衡(けんこう) (kenkō)
  • 衡器(こうき) (kōki)
  • 衡平(こうへい) (kōhei)
  • 財政均衡計画(ざいせいきんこうけいかく) (zaisei kinkō keikaku)
  • 銓衡(せんこう) (senkō)
  • 度量衡(どりょうこう) (doryōkō)
  • 不均衡(ふきんこう) (fukinkō)
  • 平衡(へいこう) (heikō)
  • 平衡感覚(へいこうかんかく) (heikō kankaku)
  • 平衡錘(へいこうすい) (heikōsui)
  • 利子平衡税(りしへいこうぜい) (rishiheikōzei)
  • 連衡(れんこう) (renkō)

Etymology
Kanji in this term
衡
くびき
Grade: S
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 衡 – see the following entry.
【くびき】
[noun] yoke (wooden bar)
Alternative spellings
軛, 衡, 頸木
(This term, 衡, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

衡 • (hyeong, hoeng) (hangeul 형, 횡, revised hyeong, hoeng, McCune–Reischauer hyŏng, hoeng, Yale hyeng, hoyng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

衡: Hán Nôm readings: hành, hoành

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