The kanji 衡: meaning, readings and stroke order

衡

Meaning: balance, scale
On reading: コウ kou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 16
Radical: 行 go, do
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cân bằng, cái cân (hành)
Japanese: つりあい。はかり。
Korean: 균형, 저울 (형)
Chinese: 平衡、秤

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading · less common

均きん衡こう
balance
力の 均きん衡こうをたもちます。
They keep a balance of power.

Practise writing 衡 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 衡 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 9 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Get it on the App Store Get it on Google Play

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.