へい

See also: べい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of へい – see the following entries.

【丙】S [noun] the third of the ten heavenly stems; something of the third rank

【平】3 [noun] something neither high nor low [noun] something calm [affix] even, flat, level [affix] flatten, level [affix] uniform [affix] calm, gentle, peaceful [affix] common, ordinary, usual [affix] ellipsis of 平氏 (Heishi) or 平家 (Heike, “Taira clan”) [affix] (mathematics) square, square root [proper noun] a surname

【塀】S [noun] wall [noun] fence

【兵】4 [noun] a soldier [noun] a war machine; a weapon [noun] a battle, a war [noun] in the old Japanese military structure, the lowest set of ranks for a soldier: a private, corporal, lance corporal

【幣】S [noun] (Shinto) a staff with cut paper streamers, offered to the gods [noun] things offered to the Emperor [noun] a crest pattern of a stylized hei

【弊】S [noun] ill, evil, harm [noun] something tired and worn

【炳】H [adjective] bright, shining, [adjective] clear to the eye

(This term, へい (hei), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as へい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as へい.

(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet: 併, 並, 凭, 瓶.)