爯

See also: 尔
爯 U+722F, 爯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-722F
← 爮
[U+722E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 爰 →
[U+7230]

Translingual

Etymology

Hand (爪, 又) holding a scale.

Historical forms of the character 爯
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu Slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script
Bronze inscriptions

b05816

b05817

b05818
Small seal script

s02856

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (爯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
稱 *tʰjɯŋ, *tʰjɯŋs
爯 *tʰjɯŋ
偁 *tʰjɯŋ

Han character

爯 (radical 87, 爪+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月土月 (BGB), composition ⿱爫冉)

  1. balance

Derived characters

References
  • KangXi: page 689, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19671
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1102, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2032, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+722F

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 爯 – see 稱 (“to weigh; to call; to name; etc.”).
(This character, 爯, is an ancient form of 稱.)

Japanese

Kanji
爯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings
  • On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
  • Kun: となへ (tonahe), あげる (ageru)

Korean

Hanja

爯 • (ching) (hangeul 칭, revised ching, McCune–Reischauer ch'ing)

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