I Love Kanji平等 (byoudou)
平等 (びょうどう, byoudou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “equality; impartiality”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- びょうどう
- Romaji
- byoudou
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- equality; impartiality; evenness · noun, な-adjective, noun taking の
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 平等
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 平等だ | びょうどうだ byoudouda |
| Present (polite) | 平等です | びょうどうです byoudoudesu |
| Negative | 平等じゃない | びょうどうじゃない byoudoujanai |
| Past | 平等だった | びょうどうだった byoudoudatta |
| Negative past | 平等じゃなかった | びょうどうじゃなかった byoudoujanakatta |
| Te-form | 平等で | びょうどうで byoudoude |
| Before a noun | 平等な | びょうどうな byoudouna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 平等に | びょうどうに byoudouni |
Kanji in 平等
平
even, flat, peaceヘイ・ビョウ・たい.ら・たい.らげる · 5 strokes等
etc., and so forth, class (first)トウ・ひと.しい・など · 12 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 平等.
平仮名ひらがなhiragana公平こうへいfair平らたいらflat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
Source: JMdict entry 1507670 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.