天秤
Meanings
Noun
1. (balance) scales
2. carrying pole; shoulder pole; milkmaid's yoke (Abbreviation)
3. thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine)
4. spreader bar
Kanji used
Pitch accent
てんびん
Used in vocabulary
天秤押し
pressing the top of a pickle vat by hanging a weight on a staff, used as a lever (in Kyoto suguki pickle making)
Noun