EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. I-adjective (keiyoushi)

    flat; even; level

    古代人たちは地球は平たいと信じていた。
    The ancients believed the earth was flat.
  2. plain (language, words, etc.); simple

    usu. as 平たく言えば, 平たく言うと, etc.see 平たく言えば

Also written 扁たい【ひらたい】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

even, flat, peace

Kun
たい.ら、たい.らげる、ひら
On
ヘイ、ビョウ、ヒョウ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
128 of 2500
Radical
dry
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

たいら、たら、はち、ひ、ひとし、へ、へん

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-5-1SKIP code
2k3.4The Kanji Dictionary
1040.9Four corner code
3155deroo
5e73Unicode hex code
1-42-31JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
26Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1590New Nelson (John Haig)
3478New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4291Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2167Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2921Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1484Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1596Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
143A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
203Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
136Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9167XMorohashi
388A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
202Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
202Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
315sakade
503Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
411henshall3
260Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
98crowley
351Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
573Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1496Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ping2Pinyin reading
pyeong, pyeonKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level