Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts はかる(Japanese Hiragana) 図, 権, 法, 権, 衡, 経, 度, 量竟, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Meaning & History
From Japanese 図 (hakaru) meaning "plan, diagram, figure, illustration", 斗 (hakaru), which refers to a Chinese constellation, 平 (hakaru) meaning "peace, level, even, flat", 法 (hakaru) meaning "method, law, rule", or 量 (hakaru) meaning "progress". Other kanji or kanji combinations are possible. A famous bearer was Hakaru Hashimoto (1881–1934), a Japanese medical scientist of the Meiji and Taishō periods.