へい

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See also: べい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of へい – see the following entries.
S
the third of the ten heavenly stems; something of the third rank
3
something neither high nor low
something calm
even, flat, level
flatten, level
uniform
calm, gentle, peaceful
common, ordinary, usual
Short for 平氏 (Heishi) or 平家 (Heike): Taira clan
(mathematics) square, square root
a surname
S
wall
fence
4
a soldier
a war machine; a weapon
a battle, a war
in the old Japanese military structure, the lowest set of ranks for a soldier: a private, corporal, lance corporal
S
(Shinto) a staff with cut paper streamers, offered to the gods
things offered to the Emperor
a crest pattern of a stylised hei
S
ill, evil, harm
something tired and worn
H
bright, shining,
clear to the eye
(This term, へい (hei), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as へい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as へい.)

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