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flat; level; equal flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful
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square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
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simp. and trad. (平方)
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Pronunciation
Noun
平方
- (arithmetic) square (as in square foot, square mile, square root); second power
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
- 立方 (lìfāng)
- 乘方 (chéngfāng)
- 開方/开方 (kāifāng)
Classifier
平方
- (chiefly Mainland China) Short for 平方米 (píngfāngmǐ, “square metre”).
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
平方米 (“square metre”)
Japanese
Etymology
Probably from Chinese 平方 (píngfāng, literally "flat square", "flat" because it accounts for 2 dimensions only). Compare 立方 (rippō, “cube”, literally "standing square", accounting for the third dimension).
First attested in Japanese in a text from 1875.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
平方 • (heihō) ←へいはう (feifau)?
- (mathematics) the second power of a number etc., square
- a square area
- 1000 平方メートル
- issen heihō mētoru
- 1,000 square meters
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References
Korean
Noun
平方 • (pyeongbang) (hangeul 평방)
- hanja form? of 평방 (“square”)
Vietnamese
Noun
平方
- chữ Hán form of bình phương (“square”).
Adjective
平方
- chữ Hán form of bình phương (“squared”).