衡
héng
#1,338 most
frequent character
to weigh, weight, measure
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
衡 héng has 行 as a sound part and pictures an animal's horn 角 and a person 大. The picture shows a plank set across a bull's horns to stop it from goring people, the first meaning. It grew to 'horizontal plank', 'to measure', 'weight', and 'balance'.
Drawn as: animal horn; adult person
衡 as a component in other characters
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