noun
earthenware pan; casserole
Refers to a traditional earthenware cooking vessel. Less common than the aluminum saucepan sense.
祖母は行平で煮物を作っていた。
My grandmother used to make simmered dishes in an earthenware pan.
noun
aluminum saucepan with a handle; snowflake-patterned saucepan
Only when written 雪平
Typically a lightweight aluminum saucepan with a wooden handle and an embossed snowflake pattern. Commonly written as 雪平.
雪平鍋でお湯を沸かす。
I boil water in a yukihira saucepan.
この雪平は軽くて使いやすい。
This yukihira pan is light and easy to use.
The name is said to derive from the Heian-period poet Ariwara no Yukihira, who supposedly used such a pan, but the exact origin is uncertain.