# 平 — Flat

Frequency rank 156 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 次 (Next), less common than 働 (Work).

- On’yomi: へい、びょう
- Kun’yomi: たい、ひら
- Radical: 干 Dry (Kangxi 51)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX
- School grade: 3
- Strokes: 5

Someone jams horns onto the pole in the cracked salt pan, and the sheet hung off them bakes board-stiff and settles out level as a tabletop.

In words:

- 平ら たいら — flatness,level,smooth,calm,plain
- 平たい ひらたい — flat;even;level;simple;plain
- 平均 へいきん — equilibrium,balance,average,mean

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