Hanja Analyzer
苹

苹 — pyeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
다북쑥 평
Romanization
pyeong
English
artemisia; duckweed; apple
Mandarin
píng
Japanese on'yomi
ヘイ, ヒョウ, ビョウ, ホウ, ヘン, ベン
Japanese kun'yomi
ほ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
8
Radical
艸 (140, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
平(평)
Unicode
U+82F9

Parts that make up 苹

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 平 평평할 평, 편편할 편sound 고른 말소리 또는 저울대평평하다. ‘평·편’ 계열의 소리

How 苹 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 苹 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 平.

Japanese words with 苹

  • 苹果ひょうか apple (fruit)

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 艸

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