平方

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Chinese

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flat; level; equal
flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful
 
square; quadrilateral; place
square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
 
simp. and trad.
(平方)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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平方

  1. (arithmetic) square (as in square foot, square mile, square root); second power

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (平方):

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Classifier

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平方

  1. (chiefly Mainland China) Short for 平方米 (píngfāngmǐ, “square metre”).

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
へい
Grade: 3
ほう
Grade: 2
kan'on on'yomi

Etymology

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Probably from Chinese 平方 (píngfāng, literally "flat square", "flat" because it accounts for 2 dimensions only). Compare 立方 (rippō, cube, literally "standing square", accounting for the third dimension).

First attested in Japanese in a text from 1875.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(へい)(ほう) (heihōへいはう (feifau)?

  1. [from 1886] (mathematics) the second power of a number etc., square
  2. [from 1875] a square area
    1000(いっせん) 平方(へいほう)メートル
    issen heihō mētoru
    1,000 square meters

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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平方 (pyeongbang) (hangeul 평방)

  1. hanja form? of 평방 (square)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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平方

  1. chữ Hán form of bình phương (square).

Adjective

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平方

  1. chữ Hán form of bình phương (squared).