This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Reading

Kana: コウ
Romaji: kou
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Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: ひら
Romaji: hira
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Meanings

equilibrium, measuring rod, scale

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  16
Radical Number:  60
Frequency:  1847
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-13
Korean Reading:  hyeong
Chinese Reading:  heng2
Unicode:  8861
JIS:  3955

Indexes

Halpern Index: 761
Nelson Index: 1641
New Nelson Index: 1775
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3i13.1
Four Corner Index: 2143.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 1267
Gakken Index: 1694
Japanese Names Index: 2450
Daikanwanjiten Index: 34078
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0000
Remembering the kanji Index: 891
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1724
Kodansha Compact Index: 1618
Kanji in Context Index: 1449
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 527
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 687
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 900
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 957
Essential Kanji Index: 1358
Kodansha Kanji Index: 939
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2053
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1828

Words

頸木 (くびき)
yoke
平衡 (へいこう)
even scale; equilibrium; balance; equalization; equalisation
衡平 (こうへい)
balance; equity
利子平衡税 (りしへいこうぜい)
interest equalization tax; interest equalisation tax
平衡感覚 (へいこうかんかく)
sense of equilibrium; sense of balance
均衡 (きんこう)
equilibrium; balance
度量衡 (どりょうこう)
weights and measures
連衡 (れんこう)
alliance (esp. originally of individual member states of the Six Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty)
平衡錘 (へいこうすい)
counterweight; counterpoise
不均衡 (ふきんこう)
imbalance; lack of balance; lopsidedness; disproportion; inequality; disparity
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