平

平 (平 X5E73) is unicode character number 24179.

平 can be pronounced as "hira" or "taira" or "daira"

平 may mean something flat, peaceful.

Drawing of 平 by jisho

Encoding

The Utd8 encoding of character 平 can be revealed with PHP program du.t

Command

php du.t 平

Produces the following output:

平
The array has 3 bytes; here is its splitting:
e5 b9 b3
array(1) {
  [0]=>
  string(3) "平"
}

Unicode character number 24179 id est, X5E73
Picture: 平 ; uses 3 bytes. These bytes are:
XE5 XB9 XB3 in the hexadecimal representation and
229 185 179 in the decimal representation

Graphic

Character 平 looks as overlapping of the following Unicode characters:

⽴ (X2F74) or 立 (X7ACB)

and

l (X006C) or [[|]] (X007C) or ⼁ (X2F01) or 丨 (X4E28)

Also, it appears as overlap of

prime '

丷 (X4E37) and

干 (X5E72)

Phonetic

平 can be pronounced "hira" or "taira" or "daira", dependently on the context.

Semantic

平 may mean something flat, peaceful, smooth;

but also harmony, smoothness, silence.

Examples

Composition of two kanjis 奥平 can be pronounced as "okuhira" or "okudaira" and mean something deep, profound and peaceful.

Jisho

https://jisho.org/search/%23kanji%20平

even, flat, peace

Kun: たい.ら、 たい.らげる、 ひら

On: ヘイ、 ビョウ、 ヒョウ

Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3 JLPT level N3

128 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Words starting

On reading compounds

平 【ヘイ】 nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)

平安 【ヘイアン】 peace, tranquility, tranquillity, Heian period (794-1185)

和平 【ワヘイ】 peace

公平 【コウヘイ】 fairness, impartiality, justice, objectivity

平等 【ビョウドウ】 equality, impartiality, evenness

平常心 【ビョウジョウシン】 everyday feelings, usual feelings

寛平 【カンピョウ】 Kanpyō era (889.4.27-898.4.26), Kanbyō era

天平 【テンピョウ】 Tenpyō era (729.8.5-749.4.14), Tenbyō era, Tenhei era

平声 【ヒョウショウ】 first tone in old Chinese phonetics, level tone, (of a Japanese accent) having a low, flat tone

平調 【ヒョウジョウ】 (in Japan) 3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E), hyōjō mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)

Kun reading compounds

平ら 【たいら】 flat, level, even, smooth, calm, tranquil, placid, composed, stable, relaxed (sitting posture), comfortable, plateau, tableland, plain

平らか 【たいらか】 level, just, peaceful

平らげる 【たいらげる】 to eat up (completely), to put down (a rebellion), to suppress, to subjugate, to make flat, to level out

平 【ひら】 something broad and flat, common, ordinary, plain, rank-and-file, low-ranking employee, freshman, novice, private

平泳ぎ 【ひらおよぎ】 breaststroke (swimming)

嘉平次平 【かへいじひら】 hakama fabric made from meisen silk

金平 【かねひら】 Acheilognathus rhombeus (species of cyprinid)

Japanese names:

たいら、 たら、 はち、 ひ、 ひとし、 へ、 へん

Nihongomaster

https://www.nihongomaster.com/dictionary/kanji/2475

平

5 Strokes Radicals: 干 JLPT Level 3

Definition of 平 even flat peace

Readings

On'Yomi (音読み) ヘイ ビョウ ヒョウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み) たいら -だいら ひら ひら-

Popular Words With This Kanji

平和, へいわ peace, harmony

平均, へいきん, へいぎん average, mean, balance, equilibrium

和平, わへい peace

平, ひら, ヒラ something broad and flat, palm of the hand, common, ordinary, low-ranking employee, freshman, novice, private

太平洋, 大平洋, たいへいよう Pacific Ocean

太平洋, 大平洋, たいへいよう Pacific Ocean

平方メートル, へいほうメートル square metre

平成, へいせい Heisei era (1989.1.8- )

平壌, へいじょう Pyongyang

平等, びょうどう equality, impartiality, evenness

References

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B3
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/平 U+5E73, 平 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E73

https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+5E73 Unicode Character “平” (U+5E73)

Keywords

Japanese, Jisho, Kanji, KanjiLiberal, Peace, Taira, Unicode