秤坨 Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 秤 chèng balance A balance 平 used to measure grain 禾 Components 禾 禾 Meaning component hé grain stalk 平 平 Meaning component píng flat Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangtʰjɯŋs Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 坨 tuó, yí a lump Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 它 represents the sound. Components 土 土 Meaning component tǔ earth 它 它 Sound component tā it Character Evolution Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Clerical Qin 221-206 BC Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical images Academia Sinica
