TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
平
ㄆㄧㄥˊ · píng
adj — flat, level; equal; calm
字源 FORM — what the parts do
平形rendered bare — no claimed origin
An even surface — nothing rises above the rest. Level ground is 平地, a level temper 平靜, level treatment 平等, the level everyday 平常; still water's flat face gives 水平. The old graph is worn past its picture.
意 · Meanings
(本義)平坦— flat, level常用
→平等、公平— equal, fair — everyone at one height
→平靜、和平— calm; peace — nothing breaking the surface
→水平— the level; standard
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension