Hanja Analyzer
評

評 — pyeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
평할 평
Romanization
pyeong
English
appraise, criticize, evaluate
Mandarin
píng
Japanese on'yomi
ヒョウ, ヘイ
Japanese kun'yomi
はかる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#454 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
言 (149, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
平(평)
Unicode
U+8A55

Parts that make up 評

  • 言 말씀 언, 심사 화평할 은 혀 위에 표를 더한 모양말하고 적는 일
  • 平 평평할 평, 편편할 편sound 고른 말소리 또는 저울대평평하다. ‘평·편’ 계열의 소리

How 評 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 評 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 言, 平.

Korean example words with 評

  • 평언評言 Korean gloss: 평하는 말
  • 평단評壇 Korean gloss: 비평가의 사회
  • 평자評者 Korean gloss: 비평하는 사람
  • 단평短評 Korean gloss: 짧고 간단한 비평
  • 중평衆評 Korean gloss: 여러 사람의 비평
  • 서평書評 Korean gloss: 책의 내용에 대한 평
  • 시평詩評 Korean gloss: 시 작품에 대한 비평
  • 총평總評 Korean gloss: 총체적인 평가나 평정
  • 풍평風評 Korean gloss: 바람처럼 떠도는 소문
  • 적평適評 Korean gloss: 꼭 알맞은 평가나 논평
  • 평판評判 Korean gloss: 비평하여 시비를 판정함
  • 평점評點 Korean gloss: 학력을 평가하여 매긴 점수

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 評

  • 評価ひょうか valuation; appraisal; evaluation
  • 評議ひょうぎ conference; discussion
  • 評論家ひょうろんか critic; reviewer; commentator
  • 評判ひょうばん reputation; (public) estimation; popularity
  • 評論ひょうろん criticism; critique; review
  • 批評ひひょう criticism; critique; review
  • 書評しょひょう book review
  • 総評そうひょう general comment
  • 好評こうひょう favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
  • 定評ていひょう established reputation
  • 評議員ひょうぎいん trustee; councillor (councilor)
  • 評決ひょうけつ decision; verdict

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 言

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