variant of 稱|称[cheng1], to weigh
steelyard / Roman balance / CL:臺|台[tai2]

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) wants to fry his cereals (禾) in a frying pan (平) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). To get the quantity right he weighs his cereals with a steelyard (秤) first.

秤 character breakdown

surname Ping

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a pan (平底锅) as it has a very flat and level surface.

Pocahontas (pi) is fighting with a crocodile (丷) just inside the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). She's throwing so many dried fruits (干) at it that it's totally flat (平) soon. She gives it a last blow striking with a frying pan (平).
flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a pan (平底锅) as it has a very flat and level surface.

Pocahontas (pi) is fighting with a crocodile (丷) just inside the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). She's throwing so many dried fruits (干) at it that it's totally flat (平) soon. She gives it a last blow striking with a frying pan (平).
cereal / grain

= 丿 + : A bowl of cereals. Hamlet made himself a bowl of cereals with bananas and a Christmas tree just inside the elevator's kitchen. He thinks the elevator's kitchen is a stage, and holds the bowl of cereals like he would hold Yorick's skull.

Characters with 秤 as component

秤 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 秤

Libra (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
scale / platform balance
discrepancy in weight
large steelyard usu. operated by three people – two to lift it using a pole, and one to adjust the counterweight
to lose weight (of cattle)
a steelyard (a type of balance)
balance consisting of steelyard with a pan / CL:臺|台[tai2]
variant of 秤砣[cheng4 tuo2]
balance scale / Taiwan pr. [tian1 ping2]

Sentences with 秤

秤 currently does not appear in any sentence.