均 – level, average

7 strokesTaught in grade 5#715 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 均 means level, average. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キン (kin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is なら.す (narasu). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キン	kin
Kun’yomi	なら.す	narasu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 土 (Kangxi radical 32). Components: 土・冫・勹・二.

Words using 均

平均へいきんaverage均衡きんこうbalance

Example sentences

今年の冬は気温が平均以上だ。

The temperature is above average this winter.

Tatoeba #171367

アメリカには憲法上の抑制と均衡という入念な制度がある。

America has an elaborate system of constitutional checks and balances.

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Kanji with the same radical

地場報在増基土境域型圧壊城執坂堂

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