衡

equilibrium, measuring rod, scale

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

コウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Nanori (名乗り)

ひら

Stroke Order

16 / 16

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:16

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1847

Vocabulary

コウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
均衡	キンコウ	balance; equilibrium
銓衡	センコウ	selection; choice; screening
不均衡	フキンコウ	imbalance; lack of balance; lopsidedness; disproportion; inequality; disparity
拡大均衡	カクダイキンコウ	an expanded or expanding equilibrium
合従連衡	ガッショウレンコウ	alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty); (tactic of) making and breaking alliances (to benefit oneself as the occasion demands); resorting to alliances as a diplomatic expedient

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
均衡経済	きんこうけいざい	balanced economy
衡	くびき	yoke; constraints; oppression
一般均衡理論	いっぱんきんこうりろん	general equilibrium theory
トロイ衡	トロイこう	troy weight (e.g. troy ounce, troy pound)
平衡移動の法則	へいこういどうのほうそく	law of equilibrium (Le Chatelier's principle)

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit

restore, return to, revert, resume

wound, hurt, injure, impair, pain, injury, cut, gash, scar, weak point

side, lean, oppose, regret

freight, goods, property

unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute

paddy ridge, levee

art, technique, skill, means, trick, resources, magic