平
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flat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level; (bound form) fair; impartial; to tie; to draw; (bound form) average; ordinary; (bound form) calm; peaceful; (bound form) to quell; to suppress; to put down; (abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]); (coll.) square meter (abbr. for 平方米[ping2 fang1 mi3])
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- 5
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- 干 +2
- Structure
- Overlaid 叠加
- Traditional
- 平
- Common rank
- #60
- Unicode
- U+5E73
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
even · Heisig RSH #1160
— as a component also called: water lily
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 平
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平山县 | Pingshan, a county in Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4], Hebei | |
| 平山区 | Pingshan, a district of Benxi City 本溪市[Ben3 xi1 Shi4], Liaoning | |
| 不平 | uneven; injustice; unfairness; wrong; grievance; indignant; dissatisfied | |
| 平人 | ordinary person; common people | |
| 金平县 | see 金平苗族瑤族傣族自治縣|金平苗族瑶族傣族自治县[Jin1 ping2 Miao2 zu2 Yao2 zu2 Dai3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] | |
| 平山 | see 平山縣|平山县[Ping2 shan1 Xian4]; see 平山區|平山区[Ping2 shan1 Qu1] | |
| 气不平 | angry at unfairness | |
| 金平区 | Jinping, a district of Shantou City 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], Guangdong | |
| 水平 | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) | |
| 安平区 | Anping, a district of Tainan 臺南市|台南市[Tai2 nan2 Shi4], Taiwan | |
| 安平县 | Anping, a county in Hengshui City 衡水市[Heng2 shui3 Shi4], Hebei | |
| 平安区 | Ping'an, a district of Haidong City 海東市|海东市[Hai3 dong1 Shi4], Qinghai | |
| 平头 | closely cropped hair; crew cut; (of people) common; ordinary | |
| 平地机 | land grader; road grader | |
| 平生 | all one's life | |
| 生平 | life (a person's whole life); in one's entire life | |
| 天平动 | (astronomy) libration | |
| 西平县 | Xiping, a county in Zhumadian City 駐馬店市|驻马店市[Zhu4 ma3 dian4 Shi4], Henan | |
| 平地 | to level the land; level ground; plain | |
| 高平市 | Gaoping, a county-level city in Jincheng City 晉城市|晋城市[Jin4 cheng2 Shi4], Shanxi; Cao Bang,… |
Sound family
These characters use 平 as their sound component — compare how they read.