Memory phrase for the Kanji: 衡

衡

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Meaning balance, scales, equilibrium

Pronunciation

KŌ

Explanation

Outside: to go 行, middle: var. of fish 魚, big 大 (Here: See 行 as a scale with two communicating plates 彳,亍 going up/down)

Mnemonic
 
Put the big fish on the shown: scales.

Radicals

行 to goRadikal gyougamae, often also used in the half shape: 彳 gyounin.
魚 fishPicture of a fish with head ⺈, body 田 and fins 灬 that is swimming upwards
大 bigA person 人 with wide spread arms 一 and legs appears big.
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 Vocabulary

均衡 きんこう  equilibrium, balance

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