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 + : Mnemonic symbol: a bowl of cereals.

Hamlet (h) made himself a bowl of cereals (禾) with bananas (丿) and Christmas trees (木) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He 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

steelyard weight / standard weight
the tray or pan of a steelyard
although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom) / apparently insignificant details can have a large impact / for want of a nail the battle was lost
steelyard weights
the beam of a steelyard / a balance arm

Sentences with 秤

秤 currently does not appear in any sentence.