平 flat
Also: peace
- On'yomi
- ヘイ、ビョウ
- Kun'yomi
- たい-ら、ひら
- Strokes
- 5
- JLPT
- N4
- Taught in
- Primary school, year 3
In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): たい-ら.
Stroke order
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Remember it
Two dry poles (干) laid one across the other on the ground — nothing sticks up, everything is flat, and where the ground is level there is peace.
A common word
- 平和 へいわ peace
Example sentences
平日はいつも仕事があります。
へいじつはいつもしごとがあります。
I always have work on weekdays.
平和な国に住みたい。
へいわなくににすみたい。
I want to live in a peaceful country.
Kanji that share a part
干 is its radical.