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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ヘイ、ビョウ、ヒョウ、たい.ら、-だいら、ひら、ひら-
Romaji: hei, byō, hyō, tai.ra, -daira, hira, hira-
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: たいら、たら、はち、ひ、ひとし、へ、へん
Romaji: taira, tara, hachi, hi, hitoshi, he, hen
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Meanings

even, flat, peace

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  5
Radical Number:  1
Frequency:  128
Grade:  3
Skip Pattern:  4-5-1
Korean Reading:  pyeon
Chinese Reading:  ping2
Unicode:  5e73
JIS:  4A3F

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3478
Nelson Index: 26
New Nelson Index: 1590
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2k3.4
Four Corner Index: 1040.9
Guide to Remembering Index: 388
Gakken Index: 143
Japanese Names Index: 203
Daikanwanjiten Index: 9167X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.0487
Remembering the kanji Index: 1484
Kanji Way Index: 98
Kanji Flashcards Index: 503
Kodansha Compact Index: 573
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 411
Kanji in Context Index: 351
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2167
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2921
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1496
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1596
Essential Kanji Index: 136
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4291
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3155
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 315
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 260

Words

(ひら、ヒラ)
something broad and flat; palm of the hand; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman; novice; private
平均 (へいきん、へいぎん)
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
太平洋 (たいへいよう)
Pacific Ocean
太平洋戦争 (たいへいようせんそう)
Pacific War (1941-1945)
太平 (たいへい)
peace; tranquility; tranquillity
平成 (へいせい)
Heisei era (1989.1.8- )
平日 (へいじつ、ひらび)
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
平安 (へいあん)
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian era (794-1185)
水平 (すいへい)
level; horizontality
平原 (へいげん)
plain; moor; prairie
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