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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
chēng - to weigh (variant of 稱|称[cheng1])
chèng - steelyard balance; Roman balance
- CL:臺|台[tai2]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 9 18,293 4,807 1,647

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A balance 平 used to measure grain 禾

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 9 18,293 4,807 1,647
天秤座 - - 33,951 4,585 1,329
秤砣 - - 55,443 62,718 39,953
磅秤 - - 88,689 71,175 49,142