Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

均: level, average

JLPT N27 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met

土 carries the meaning · 匀 gives the sound

7 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

キンkin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 均整きんせいsymmetry, balance
  • 均衡きんこうequilibrium, balance
  • 平均へいきんaverage, mean [n.]
  • 均一なきんいつなuniform, equal
  • 均質なきんしつなhomogeneous
  • 均等にきんとうにequally, uniformly, evenly

Also read ならす, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine a cross planted firmly in the ground—that's 土! It shows a stake or a seedling marking the earth, reminding us of farming, construction, and the solid foundation upon which we build our lives and cities.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jūn

Same form: 均 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
均 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
均 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin jūn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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