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衡
ㄏㄥˊ · héng
verb/noun — to weigh; balance; horizontal bar
字源 FORM — what the parts do
IFxíng → héng — initial and final both reshape
A crossroads (行) split open, with a horn (角) and 大 set inside — the crossbar tied across an ox's horns so it can't gore. 行 xíng gives the sound, worn to héng. From the leveling bar: to weigh, to balance — 衡量、平衡.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一根橫木綁過牛角（角），左右一樣長——擺平了，衡。
A crossbar lashed across the ox's horns (角), even on both sides — leveled, balanced — 衡.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)衡木— the crossbar on a yoke
→衡量— to weigh, gauge常用
⇒平衡、均衡— balance, equilibrium常用
⇒橫— horizontal (along the bar)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension