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:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: かん

Meaning: pestle

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

野(へいや)   plain, open field

均(へいきん)   average [n.]

日(へいじつ)   weekdays

気な(へいきな)   unconcerned

凡な(へいぼんな)   mediocre

な(こうへいな)   fair, impartial

等な(びょうどうな)   equal, impartial

らな(たいらな)   flat

たい(ひらたい)   flat

手の(てのひら)   palm (of one's hand)

社員(ひらしゃいん)   employee without a title

仮名(ひらがな)   hiragana

Onyomi Examples

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

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

ワヘイ peace

コウヘイ fairness, impartiality, justice, objectivity

ビョウドウ equality, impartiality, evenness

常心 ビョウジョウシン everyday feelings, usual feelings

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

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

ヒョウイン level-tone rhyme (of Chinese)

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

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

らか たいらか level, just, peaceful

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

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

泳ぎ ひらおよぎ breaststroke (swimming)

かへいじひら hakama fabric made from meisen silk

かねひら Acheilognathus rhombeus (species of cyprinid)