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Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

128 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: even, flat, peace

Kunyomi: たい.ら, たい.らげる, ひら

Onyomi: ヘイ, ビョウ, ヒョウ

Composition: 干

平

Radical

Radical: 干

Reading: かん

Meaning: pestle

Strokes: 3

⼲

Examples

Examples with audio

平野(へいや)   plain, open field

平均(へいきん)   average [n.]

平日(へいじつ)   weekdays

平気な(へいきな)   unconcerned

平凡な(へいぼんな)   mediocre

公平な(こうへいな)   fair, impartial

平等な(びょうどうな)   equal, impartial

平らな(たいらな)   flat

平たい(ひらたい)   flat

手の平(てのひら)   palm (of one's hand)

平社員(ひらしゃいん)   employee without a title

平仮名(ひらがな)   hiragana

Onyomi Examples

平 (ヘイ) nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)

平安 (ヘイアン) peace, tranquility, tranquillity, Heian period (794-1185)

和平 (ワヘイ) peace

公平 (コウヘイ) fairness, impartiality, justice, objectivity

平等 (ビョウドウ) equality, impartiality, evenness

平常心 (ビョウジョウシン) everyday feelings, usual feelings

寛平 (カンピョウ) Kanpyō era (889.4.27-898.4.26), Kanbyō era

天平 (テンピョウ) Tenpyō era (729.8.5-749.4.14), Tenbyō era, Tenhei era

平韻 (ヒョウイン) level-tone rhyme (of Chinese)

平声 (ヒョウショウ) first tone in old Chinese phonetics, level tone, (of a Japanese accent) having a low, flat tone

Kunyomi Examples

平ら (たいら) flat, level, even, smooth, calm, tranquil, placid, composed, stable, relaxed (sitting posture), comfortable, plateau, tableland, plain

平らか (たいらか) level, just, peaceful

平らげる (たいらげる) to eat up (completely), to put down (a rebellion), to suppress, to subjugate, to make flat, to level out

平 (ひら) something broad and flat, common, ordinary, plain, rank-and-file, low-ranking employee, freshman, novice, private

平泳ぎ (ひらおよぎ) breaststroke (swimming)

嘉平次平 (かへいじひら) hakama fabric made from meisen silk

金平 (かねひら) Acheilognathus rhombeus (species of cyprinid)

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