| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 秤 | はかり | scales, weighing machine |
| ばね秤 | ばねばかり | spring balance, spring scale, pull tension gauge |
| ねじり秤 | ねじりばかり | torsion balance |
| ねじれ秤 | ねじればかり | torsion balance |
| 皿秤 | さらばかり | balance |
| 台秤 | だいばかり | platform scales |
| 天秤に掛ける | てんびんにかける | to compare and contrast two alternatives, to weigh the relative merits of A and B, to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways, to try to sit on two stools |
| 天秤にかける | てんびんにかける | to compare and contrast two alternatives, to weigh the relative merits of A and B, to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways, to try to sit on two stools |
| 天秤座 | てんびんざ | (constellation) Libra, the Scales |
| 天秤棒 | てんびんぼう | shoulder carrying pole |
