| Kanji | 秤 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ショウ |
| Kunyomi | はかり |
| English | balances, scales, steelyard |
| Examples | 秤(はかり): scales; weighing machine |
| JLPT Level | 0 |
| Jouyou Grade | S+ |
| Components | 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 平: even; flat; peace |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Keyword | balancing scales |
| Koohii Story 1 | I use balancing scales to make sure everyone gets an even amount of Wheaties. |
| Koohii Story 2 | "He didn't have a balancing scales to figure out how much his wheat weighed, but he came up with a solution: he loaded a vessel with wheat and let it float in his lily pond, and then he measured how deep the vessel would be in the water." |
| RTK Index | 2604 |
Tags: jlpt.n0, shouldsuspend, grades+, jinmeiyou
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