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平米 (へいべい, heibei) Japanese meaning: square meter | Kotomora

平へい米べい

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Meanings

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square meter

Common unit of area; used in real estate, construction, and everyday measurements.

この部屋へやは20平へい米べいあります。
This room is 20 square meters.

Kanji

平even, flat, peace
米rice, USA, metre

Related words

坪つぼ
坪 is the traditional Japanese land-area unit (≈3.3 m²), while 平米 is the metric square-meter unit now used in official documents.

Etymology

Abbreviation of 平方メートル (heihō mētoru), combining 平 (flat/level) and 米 (meter).

平へい米べい単たん価かはいくらですか。

What is the price per square meter?