Chinese symbol for “flat”
平
píng
flat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level; (bound form) fair; impartial
The closest CC-CEDICT match for flat is 平 (píng), defined as: flat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level; (bound form) fair; impartial; to tie; to draw; (bound form) average; ordinary.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “flat”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 坦 | tǎn | flat; open-hearted |
| 扁 | biǎn | flat; (coll.) to beat (sb) up |
| 平淡 | píng dàn | flat; dull |
| 扁平 | biǎn píng | flat; planar |
| 平面 | píng miàn | (geometry) plane; flat surface |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 平.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平台 (平臺) | píng tái | platform; terrace |
| 和平 | hé píng | peace; peaceful |
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 平均 | píng jūn | average; on average; evenly; in equal proportions |
| 公平 | gōng píng | fair; impartial |
| 平等 | píng děng | equal; equality |
See also: Japanese symbol for “flat”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.