JLPT N2 · 7 strokes
Kanji 均: "level, average"
The kanji 均 means "level, average". It is written with 7 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read キン in on'yomi and なら.す in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
なら.す
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | level, average |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 7 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 5 |
| Frequency rank | 715 of 2,501 |
Common words with 均
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 平均average; mean · balance; equilibrium
- 均衡balance; equilibrium
- 平均的average; ordinary; normal
- 均等equal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.); even; uniform
- 均整symmetry; balance; proportion; uniformity
- 均一uniformity; equality
- 平均点average mark; mean point
- 平均値average value; mean value; mean; expectation
- 均すto make even; to make smooth; to make level; to flatten · to average
- 平均寿命life expectancy (at birth); average life span · mean lifetime
- 平均年齢average age
- 不均衡imbalance; lack of balance; lopsidedness; disproportion
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