坪 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 地の平らかな所。
  2. 建物の区域の称。
  3. 広さの数量の名。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「土」+音符「平」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

two-mat area, approx. thirty-six sq ft

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ヘイ
Kun (native)
  • つぼJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音ping2
  • 한글pyeong
  • Hán-ViệtBình

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
土(つち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+576A

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰土平

Words using this kanji

  • つぼ(つぼ)尺貫法による面積、体積の単位。面積の場合は6平方尺(約3.3平方メートル)、体積の場合は6立方尺(約6.0立方メートル)をいう。tsubo, tsubo, tsubo
  • 坪数つぼすうfloor space, area (in tsubo)
  • 坪量つぼりょうpaper weight (in grams per square metre), grammage
  • 坪庭つぼにわinner garden (esp. small, traditional), courtyard
  • 坪単価つぼたんかprice per tsubo (approx. 3.3 square meters)
  • 坪当たりつぼあたりper tsubo (approx. 3.3 square meters)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-5
Four Corner
4114.9
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3b5.4
Heisig
1598
Nelson
1072