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坪

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a plain; ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters (used in Japan and Taiwan)

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Strokes
8
Radical
土 +5
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
坪
Common rank
#2,017
Unicode
U+576A

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Formation & memory

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How 坪 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

土 meaning “earth” + 平 sound ( píng )

Components 土 平

How to remember it

level ground · Heisig RSH #1162

ground + water lily

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 坪

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
兰坪白族普米族自治县 Lán píng Bái zú Pǔ mǐ zú Zì zhì xiàn Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County, in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州[Nu4…
坪山区 Píng shān Qū Pingshan, a district of Shenzhen City 深圳市[Shen1 zhen4 Shi4], Guangdong
高坪区 Gāo píng Qū Gaoping, a district of Nanchong City 南充市[Nan2 chong1 Shi4], Sichuan
兰坪县 Lán píng Xiàn see 蘭坪白族普米族自治縣|兰坪白族普米族自治县[Lan2 ping2 Bai2 zu2 Pu3 mi3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
华坪县 Huá píng Xiàn Huaping, a county in Lijiang City 麗江市|丽江市[Li4 jiang1 Shi4], Yunnan
草坪机 cǎo píng jī lawn mower
尖草坪区 Jiān cǎo píng Qū Jiancaoping, a district of Taiyuan City 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 Shi4], Shanxi
直升机坪 zhí shēng jī píng helipad
佛坪县 Fó píng Xiàn Foping, a county in Hanzhong City 漢中市|汉中市[Han4 zhong1 Shi4], Shaanxi
紫坪铺水库 Zǐ píng pū Shuǐ kù Zipingpu Dam, Sichuan
镇坪县 Zhèn píng Xiàn Zhenping, a county in Ankang City 安康市[An1 kang1 Shi4], Shaanxi
坪山 Píng shān see 坪山區|坪山区[Ping2 shan1 Qu1]
停机坪 tíng jī píng aircraft parking ground; apron; tarmac (at airport)
高坪 Gāo píng see 高坪區|高坪区[Gao1 ping2 Qu1]
尖草坪 Jiān cǎo píng see 尖草坪區|尖草坪区[Jian1 cao3 ping2 Qu1]
沙坪坝区 Shā píng bà Qū Shapingba, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
兰坪 Lán píng see 蘭坪白族普米族自治縣|兰坪白族普米族自治县[Lan2 ping2 Bai2 zu2 Pu3 mi3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
延坪岛 Yán píng Dǎo Yeonpyeong island on Yellow Sea coast of Korea
草坪 cǎo píng lawn
华坪 Huá píng see 華坪縣|华坪县[Hua2 ping2 Xian4]

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 平 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
平 sound part píng flat, level, even; peaceful
评 píng to appraise, to criticize, to evaluate
苹 píng apple; duckweed, Artemisia
怦 pēng ardent, eager; impulsive, bold
砰 pēng bang! the sound of crashing rock
鲆 píng sole
抨 pēng to impeach; to criticize
泙 píng to roar