Word Meaning 天秤

てんびん tembin

天秤 is read as てんびん (tembin) and means (balance) scales.

Meaning

English

(balance) scales
shoulder carrying pole
steelyard

Reading

Kana

てんびん

Romaji

tembin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

天秤宮

てんびんきゅう

Libra (7th zodiacal sign)

天秤ばかり

てんびんばかり

balance scale

天秤にかける

てんびんにかける

to weigh something on scales

天秤座

てんびんざ

Libra (constellation)

天秤押し

てんびんおし

pressing the top of a pickle vat by hanging a weight on a staff, used as a lever (in Kyoto suguki pickle making)

天秤棒

てんびんぼう

shoulder carrying pole

化学天秤

かがくてんびん

chemical balance

直示天秤

ちょくじてんびん

analytical balance

両天秤

りょうてんびん

two alternatives

両天秤にかける

りょうてんびんにかける

to try to have it both ways

両天秤をかける

りょうてんびんをかける

to try to have it both ways

木槽天秤しぼり

きぶねてんびんしぼり

(sake) brewed in wooden vats, squeezed out by weight on a pole

Example Sentences

天秤ばかりの原理を学ぶ。

てんびんばかりのげんりをまなぶ。

Learn the principle of the balancing scales.

両天秤をかけると失敗する。

If you try to have it both ways, you'll end up with neither.

山羊座B型の男性と天秤座O型の女性の相性を教えてください。

Please tell me the degree of compatibility between a type B Capricorn man and a type O Libra woman.

黄道十二星座は次の通りです：牡羊座・牡牛座・双子座・蟹座・獅子座・乙女座・天秤座・蠍座・射手座・山羊座・水瓶座・魚座。

The twelve signs of the Zodiac are: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.