平
平 — pyeong, pyeon
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 평평할 평, 편편할 편
- Romanization
- pyeong, pyeon
- English
- flat, level, even; peaceful
- Mandarin
- píng
- Japanese on'yomi
- ヘイ, ビョウ, ヘン, ベン, ヒョウ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- たい.ら たい.らげる ひら
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #128 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 干 (51, 2 residual)
- Unicode
- U+5E73
How 平 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 平 as a phonetic compound involving 八, 亏.
Korean example words with 平
- 평원平原 Korean gloss: 평평한 들판
- 승평昇平 Korean gloss: 나라가 태평함
- 평온平穩 Korean gloss: 조용하고 평안함
- 평로平路 Korean gloss: 평평하고 넓은 길
- 평사平沙 Korean gloss: 모래가 덮인 개펄
- 평지平地 Korean gloss: 바닥이 펀펀한 땅
- 평전平田 Korean gloss: 평야에 있는 좋은 밭
- 평복平復 Korean gloss: 병이 나아 건강이 회복됨
- 생평生平 Korean gloss: 특별한 일이 없는 보통 때
- 평상平常 Korean gloss: 특별한 일이 없는 보통 때
- 평소平素 Korean gloss: 특별한 일이 없는 보통 때
- 평민平民 Korean gloss: 특권 계급이 아닌 일반 시민
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 平
- 平和へいわ peace; harmony
- 和平わへい peace
- 平均へいきん average; mean; balance
- 太平洋たいへいよう Pacific Ocean
- 平成へいせい Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
- 平壌ピョンヤン Pyongyang (North Korea)
- 平等びょうどう equality; impartiality; evenness
- 平年へいねん non-leap year; average year (for rainfall, temperature, etc.); normal year
- 太平洋戦争たいへいようせんそう Pacific War (1941-1945)
- 平日へいじつ weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
- 平野へいや plain; open field
- 平安へいあん peace; tranquility; tranquillity
Characters sharing the phonetic 平
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “평” in Korean.
Other hanja read “평”
Other hanja with radical 干
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences