音読み: ヘイ・ヒョウ
訓読み: たいら・ひら
画数: 5
部首: かん（干）
Meaning
Flat / Calm / Peace
- 平和 — peace
- 公平 — fairness / justice
- 平日 — weekday
- 水平 — horizontal / level
- 平等 — equality
- 平均 — average
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- 平凡 — ordinary / commonplace
- 平気 — calm / unconcerned
- 平野 — plain / field
- 平面 — flat surface
The character 平 combines the image of flatness with calmness. It originally described a flat water surface, and now carries the meaning of peace, stability, and even simplicity in modern usage.