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珩

héng

Character

What 珩 means

1. top gem of pendant from girdle

Characters built on 行

These share the phonetic component 行 (xíng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 衡héngto weigh; weight; measure
• 鸻héngplover

Characters that look like 珩

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 断duànto break; to snap; to cut off
• 彩cǎi(bright) color; variety; applause
• 衔xiánbit (of a bridle); to hold in the mouth; to harbor (feelings)
• 荆jīngchaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus); (literary) cane or switch made from a…
• 绗hángto quilt
• 剜wānto scoop out; to gouge out

Sounds the same

Read héng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 衡to weigh; weight; measure
• 横horizontal; across; crosswise
• 恒permanent; constant; fixed
• 行used in 道行
• 蘅Asarum blumei (wild ginger plant)
• 鸻plover
• 姮feminine name (old)
• 胻calf (lower leg); (arch.) belly
• 揘used in 揘毕
• 𨱑bell
• 鑅(onomatopoeia) for sound of bell (arch.)
• 桁pole plate; purlin (cross-beam in roof); ridge-pole