0058 - 平[평/편] - 평평하다 - flat, level, even; peaceful

The Story [이야기] :

• It is the picture of a flat scale 干 which is divided 八 evenly on both sides (the left and the right)
• The symbol 干 is a symbol for obstruction or interference, which causes chaos and disharmony.  If this obstruction 干 is laid down, peaceful times can be attained.
• If the meaning is "to rule/to govern/to manage", 편 is used.

Stroke Order [획순] :

New Vocabulary [새로운 단어] :

평집 [平집] - a small house (with but three or four crossbeams)
평일 [平日] - (1) a weekday, (2) ordinary days [time]
평년 [平年] - a common [non-leap] year; a normal [an average] year
일평생 [一平生] - all one's life; all days of one's life; all one's life [days]; throughout [all through] one's life; to the end of one's days [life]; from the cradle to the grave
평생 [平生] - one's (whole) life; a lifetime
평평하다 [平平하다] - (1) (be) flat; level; even; horizontal, (2) (be) ordinary; commonplace
수평 [水平] - the water level; the horizon
평민 [平民] - the common people; a commoner; a plebeian
평토 [平土] - leveling ground after burial

 

Example Sentences [예문] :

지구는 平平하지 않고 둥글다. 이것은 명白한 事실이다.
The earth is round, not flat. This is an incontestable fact.

그 女王은 王子가 귀족이 아닌 平民女성을 좋아하는 것은 수치스러운 일이라고 生각했다.
The queen thought that it would be opprobrious for the prince to prefer the commonplace woman to the aristocrat.