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秤 means 'scale'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 2459   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-5    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 3 words   Used in 37 words   Used in 16 names   Not used as a component
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
On
   ビン
Kun
   はかり a (measuring) scale
On    ショウ   ヒン
⿰   grain   flat  
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秤 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 秤 is used 29 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ビン : 18 words FIND ALL
noun
pressing the top of a pickle vat by hanging a weight on a staff, used as a lever (in Kyoto suguki pickle making)  (obscure term)
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はかり : 3 words FIND ALL
Most common form: はかり
noun
scales; weighing machine
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はかり (read as ばかり) : 8 words FIND ALL
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noun
a water level
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An additional ビン less common words include 秤 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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ビン   はかり a (measuring) scale   
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ヘイ   ビョウ   たい flat   ひら ordinary; flat   
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eight
カン   dry; drying frame   ひ to get dry   ほ to dry (something), to air   
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grain
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