Kanji N2

均: level, average

均 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning level, average, written with 7 strokes. It is read キン (on) and ならす (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 平均 (へいきん, average) and 均衡 (きんこう, balance).

均

Meanings

  • level
  • average
Strokes7
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#715 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • キン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • ならす

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 均

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 平均へいきん

    average; mean

    JLPT N3
  • 均衡きんこう

    balance; equilibrium

    JLPT N1
  • 均しならし

    average; leveling; levelling

    JLPT N1
  • 均等きんとう

    equal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.)

  • 不均衡ふきんこう

    imbalance; lack of balance; lopsidedness

  • 平均点へいきんてん

    average mark; mean point

  • 平均的へいきんてき

    average; ordinary; normal

  • 均質きんしつ

    homogeneous; homogeneity

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.