平 — even, flat, peace

たいら平 even

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 5 strokes

U+5E73 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #128 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1596 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

even
flat
peace

Readings

On'yomi: へい hei びょう byou ひょう hyou
Kun'yomi: ひら hira たい tai だいら daira

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たいら・だいら taira Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

平(たいら) taira flat 小(こ) 平(だいら) kodaira Kodaira (place name)

へい hei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

平(へい) 和(わ) heiwa peace 平(へい) 日(じつ) heijitsu weekday 公(こう) 平(へい) kouhei fairness 平(へい) 気(き) heiki calm 太(たい) 平(へい) 洋(よう) taiheiyou Pacific Ocean 水(すい) 平(へい) suihei horizontal 平(へい) 行(こう) heikou parallel 平(へい) 安(あん) heian peace

ひら hira Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

平(ひら) 田(た) hirata Hirata 平(ひら) 山(やま) hirayama Hirayama (surname) 大(おお) 平(ひら) oohira Ohira (surname) 平(ひら) 井(い) hirai Hirai (surname)

ひょう・びょう hyou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

平(びょう) 等(どう) byoudou equality 不(ふ) 平(びょう) 等(どう) fubyoudou inequality

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

平壌(ぴょんやん) pyonyan Pyongyang

Appears in idioms

平身低頭四字熟語

flatten body, lower head

平穏無事四字熟語

even calm, nothingness thing

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ほす干 dry #51

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ひょう評 evaluate つぼ坪 two-mat area

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#51 干 dry

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word

たいら・だいら taira Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

へい hei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

ひら hira Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

ひょう・びょう hyou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

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平 — even, flat, peace

Meanings

Readings

word

たいら ・だいら taira Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

へい hei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

ひら hira Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

ひょう ・びょう hyou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (2)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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General

たいら・だいら taira Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

ひょう・びょう hyou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).