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The Chinese word cheng - 秤 - chèng
(steelyard in Chinese)

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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

chèng

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(Mandarin = standard Chinese without accent)

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Note: This Chinese character can also be pronounced chēng / chèn. However, with a different pronunciation, the meaning of the character will change as well (not yet available in this dictionary).

English translations

steelyard,
balance

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 秤 ( chèng ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :

Chinese characters ( cheng / chèng ) with pronunciation (English translation: steelyard )
The traditional Chinese characters of chèng are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Character complexity
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秤 is composed of 10 strokes and therefore is of average complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

weight  |  to take the weight of
 
Chinese example words containing the character 秤 ( cheng / chèng )
厨房秤 ( chúfángchèng = kitchen scale ), 健康秤 ( jiànkāngchèng = health scale )

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