均
level, average
Readings
On'yomi
- キン
Kun'yomi
- なら.す
Nanori
- ひとし
Meaning
均 centers on making things even or uniform: leveling surfaces, balancing amounts, or treating things as equal. The average sense is a natural extension of this idea of evenness.
Most common words using 均
20 of 126- 平均へいきんN3
average; mean
- 均衡きんこうN1
balance; equilibrium
- 均一きんいつN1
uniformity; equality
- 均等きんとうN1
equal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.); even; uniform
- 均しならしN1
average; leveling; levelling
- 均質きんしつ
homogeneous; homogeneity
- 均すならす
to make even; to make smooth; to make level; to flatten
- 均整きんせいN1
symmetry; balance; proportion; uniformity
- 不均衡ふきんこう
imbalance; lack of balance; lopsidedness; disproportion; inequality; disparity
- 拡大均衡かくだいきんこう
an expanded or expanding equilibrium
- 平均点へいきんてんN3
average mark; mean point
- 100均ひゃっきん
hundred-yen store; 100 yen shop
- 平均的へいきんてき
average; ordinary; normal
- 移動平均いどうへいきん
moving average
- 単純平均たんじゅんへいきん
simple average; arithmetic average
- 平均寿命へいきんじゅみょうN2
life expectancy (at birth); average life span
- 平均気温へいきんきおんN2
average temperature
- 100円均一ひゃくえんきんいち
hundred-yen store; 100 yen store
- 100円均一ショップひゃくえんきんいちショップ
hundred-yen store; 100 yen store
- グリニッジ平均時グリニッジへいきんじ
Greenwich Mean Time; GMT
Study
Etymology
均 combines 土 (earth, ground) with 匀, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of evenness or equal division. The character suggests leveling the ground or making things uniform.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side is earth 土, and the right side 匀 looks like a balanced scoop or measure. Picture leveling soil with a tool to make the ground perfectly even.
Reading mnemonic
For キン, imagine a king (キン) demanding that all the land be leveled evenly across his kingdom: king -> キン, and the earth is made uniform.