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. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
平 is written in 5 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

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

  • へいじつはいつもしごとがあります。

    I always have work on weekdays.

  • 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.