堶
stone roller; steelyard weight; brick (archaic)
Meanings
3 senses · 6 examplesnoun
brick (archaic, literary)
archaicClassical Chinese usage, now extremely rare. Modern standard uses 砖 (zhuān).
The ancients used bricks to build walls and tiles to roof houses.
noun
stone roller (for grinding grain)
Refers to the heavy cylindrical stone wheel used in traditional stone mills (碾子) to crush or grind grain.
The stone roller in the old mill has been used for decades, with deep grinding marks.
The stone roller moves on the millstone, slowly crushing the grain.
noun
steelyard weight; counterweight of a balance
The heavy weight that slides along the beam of a traditional Chinese steelyard (杆秤) to balance the load. Often used in the proverb 秤砣虽小压千斤.
The steelyard weight is small but can weigh a thousand catties—small things can have great weight.
The vendor adjusted the position of the steelyard weight to measure the weight.
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This iron weight looks very heavy.