平

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.1.1 Derived terms 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character 7.1.1 Compounds 7.1.2 Readings 7.1.3 References

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

平 (radical 51 干+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一火十 (MFJ), four-corner 1040₉)

1. flat, level, even
2. peaceful
3. Also means cheap in Cantonese

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• 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

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[edit] Cantonese

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平 (Yale ping4, peng4)

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[edit] Japanese

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平 (grade 3 kanji)

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• On: へい (hei), ひょう (hyō), べん (ben)
• Kun: たいら (taira), ひら (hira), ひらたい (hiratai)

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• 平仮名

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[edit] Hanja

平 (hangeul 평, 편, revised pyeong, pyeon, McCune-Reischauer p'yŏng, p'yŏn)

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

[edit] Derived terms

• 平凡 (평범하다, pyeong-beom-hada) to be plain, common
• 平野 (평야, pyeong-ya) plain
• 平壤 (평양, pyeong-yang) the capital city of North Korea
• 平和 (평화, pyeong-hwa) peace

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[edit] Mandarin

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平 (pinyin bīng (bing1), píng (ping2), Wade-Giles ping¹, p'ing²)

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[edit] Middle Chinese

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平 (*bhiæng)

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[edit] Vietnamese

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平 (bình, bằng, biền)

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

[edit] Readings

• Nôm: bình, bằng, bường

[edit] References

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