並

音読おんよみ: ヘイ

訓読くんよみ: なみ・なら・ならべる・ならびに

画数かくすう: 8

部首ぶしゅ: いち(一)

Meaning

Line Up / Arrange / Side by Side / Ordinary

Conjugation
Tap for 並ぶ (line up) Tap for 並べる (line up; arrange)
  • 並列へいれつ — parallel / side-by-side
  • 並行へいこう — running in parallel
  • なみ — average / ordinary
  • ならぶ — to line up
  • ならべる — to arrange
  • ならびに — as well as / and also

並 is a compound ideogram (会意) showing two 「立」 figures side by side. It originally depicted standing in line—the core meaning of the character.

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