平

平 (radical 51, 干+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一火十 (MFJ), four-corner 1040₉, composition ⿻干丷(GHTJV) or ⿻干八(K))

• 坪, 秤, 評, 鮃

• KangXi: page 339, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9167
• Dae Jaweon: page 646, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 407, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5E73

平

1. level; even; flat
2. even
   • Synonyms: 均 (jūn)
3. draw, tie
4. to level
5. calm; peaceful
   • Synonyms: 穩／稳 (wěn), 靜／静 (jìng)
6. peace
7. to pacify
8. (used in placenames of conquered lands) pacified territory
9. ordinary; common; mediocre; average
   • Synonyms: 常 (cháng), 庸 (yōng)
   • Antonyms: 奇 (qí), 特 (tè)
10. (Cantonese, Hakka) cheap; inexpensive
11. (historical) Short for 北平 (Běipíng).
12. A surname​, number 95 of the Baijiaxing

• → Tai: *biangᴬ (“flat, even”)
  • Lao: ພຽງ (phīang, “flat, even, equal”)
  • Lü: ᦵᦗᧂ (peng, “flat, even, equal”)
  • Northern Thai: ᨻ᩠ᨿᨦ (“flat, even, equal”)
  • Shan: ပဵင်း (péng, “flat, even, equal”)
  • Thai: เพียง (piiang, “equal, as, only, just”)

平

1. Alternative form of 辨 (biàn).

平

1. to control prices

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. level; even; flat
2. calm; peaceful

• Go-on: びょう (byō, Jōyō)^{←びやう (byau, historical)}; べん (ben)
• Kan-on: へい (hei, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←ひやう (fyau, historical)}; へん (hen)
• Kun: たいら (taira, 平ら, Jōyō)^{←たひら (tafira, historical)}; ひら (hira, 平, Jōyō); ひらたい (hiratai, 平たい); ならす (narasu, 平らす); おだやか (odayaka, 平やか)
• Nanori: なみ (nami); つね (tsune)

/pi₁ra/ → /pira/ → /fira/ → /hira/

Stem of 平たい (hiratai). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ひ​ら [híꜜrà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [çiɾa̠]

平 (hiragana ひら, rōmaji hira)

1. something flat; flattened
2. ordinary; common; mediocre
3. person of low-ranking status
   1. freshman
   2. novice
   3. private
4. the top ridge of a roof parallel to the side of a building (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
5. Short for 平織 (hiraori, “plain weave”).
6. in bookbinding, the flat part of a cover (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
7. Short for 平椀 (hirawan).

• 平泳 (ひらおよ)ぎ (hiraoyogi, “breaststroke”)
• 平 (ひら)日 (び) (hirabi)

平 (hiragana ひら, rōmaji hira-)

1. single-minded (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

   connects to a noun

平 (hiragana ひら, rōmaji Hira)

1. a female given name
2. a surname​.

/tapi₁ra/ → /tapira/ → /tafira/ → /taira/

Nominalization of 平ら (taira).

平 (hiragana たいら, rōmaji taira, historical hiragana たひら)

1. a plain; a flat (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

平 (hiragana たいら, rōmaji Taira, historical hiragana たひら)

1. a place name
2. a surname​.
3. a male given name

*/bʲau/ → /pʲau/ → /pjɔː/ → /pjoː/

Probably from the goon reading byō, itself derived from Middle Chinese 平 (MC bˠiæŋ).

• Kan’yōyomi
  • (Tokyo) ひょ​ー [hyóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ço̞ː]

平 (hiragana ひょう, rōmaji hyō, historical hiragana ひやう)

1. Synonym of 平韻 (hyōin)
2. Abbreviation of 平調 (hyōjō).

From Middle Chinese 平 (MC bˠiæŋ). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

• Kan’yōyomi
  • (Tokyo) へ​ー [héꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [he̞ː]

平 (hiragana へい, rōmaji hei)

1. something neither high nor low
2. something calm

平 (hiragana へい, rōmaji Hei)

1. a surname​.

Various nanori readings.

平 (hiragana おさむ, rōmaji Osamu)

1. a surname​.
2. a male given name (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

平 (hiragana ひとし, rōmaji Hitoshi)

1. a surname​.
2. a male given name

平 (hiragana ひろし, rōmaji Hiroshi)

1. a male given name (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

平 (hiragana やすし, rōmaji Yasushi)

1. a male given name (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

平 (hiragana よし, rōmaji Yoshi)

1. a surname​.

平 • (pyeong, pyeon) (hangeul 평, 편)

1. (평평하다, pyeongpyeong-hada) to be flat, level, plane

平 (bình, bằng)

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• 平安 bình an
• 高平 Cao Bằng
• 平平 biền biền (cf. Thiều Chửu )
• 平常 bình thường

• Nôm: bình, bằng, bường

• Thiều Chửu: Hán Việt Tự Điển, Hà Nội, 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Nom Foundation