秤砣
chèng​tuó

steelyard weight

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 Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰjɯŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

砣 tuó a stone roller

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 它 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
它
它 Sound component
tā it

Sources

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