平 – even, flat, peace

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The kanji 平 means even, flat, peace. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヘイ、ビョウ、ヒョウ (hei, byou, hyou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たい.ら、たい.らげる、ひら (taira, tairageru, hira). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 干 (no. 51).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヘイ	hei
On’yomi	ビョウ	byou
On’yomi	ヒョウ	hyou
Kun’yomi	たい.ら	taira
Kun’yomi	たい.らげる	tairageru
Kun’yomi	ひら	hira

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: 干 (Kangxi radical 51). Components: 干・并.

Words using 平

平仮名ひらがなhiragana公平こうへいfair平らたいらflat平等びょうどうequality不平ふへいdiscontent平均へいきんaverage平和へいわpeace地平線ちへいせんhorizon (related to land)水平すいへいhorizontal平気へいきcool平日へいじつweekday平凡へいぼんordinary平野へいやplain水平線すいへいせんhorizon (related to bodies of water)平常へいじょうnormal平方へいほうsquare (e.g. metre)平たいひらたいflat

Example sentences

あの山の頂上は平らだ。

The top of that mountain is flat.

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すべての人間が平等に創られているわけではない。

Not all men are created equal.

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君はいつも不平を言っている。

You are always complaining.

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Kanji with the same radical

年幹幸干

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