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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1847 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 16

Meaning: equilibrium, measuring rod, scale

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: コウ

Composition: 行 𩵋

衡

Radical

Radical: 行

Meaning: go, do

Reading: ぎょうがまえ

Frequency: 53

行

Examples

Onyomi Examples

衡器 (コウキ) scale, balance, weighing machine

衡平 (コウヘイ) balance, equity

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

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