Translingual

Han character

坪 (radical 32 土+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土一火十 (GMFJ), four-corner 4114₉, composition ⿰土平)

1. level ground
2. Japanese, Taiwanese, and Korean measure of area

References

• KangXi: page 226, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4976
• Dae Jaweon: page 461, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 430, character 9
• Unihan data for U+576A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Pronunciation

Definitions

坪

1. plain; flatland
2. (Taiwan) A traditional unit of areal measure equal to a square six 尺 (chǐ) on each side. Approximately 3.306 square meters or 35.57 square feet.

Derived terms

• 坪數／坪数

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #3717”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: びょう (byō) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: へい (hei) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kun: つぼ (tsubo)

Usage notes

The on'yomi are not used in modern Japanese.

Etymology

Cognate with 壺 ‎(tsubo, “basin”). The current meaning related to area arose from the way a surrounded area with the base or floor lower than the circumference looks like a basin.^[1]

Although the reading is different, this areal measurement meaning for 坪 is shared in common with the terms 평 (坪, pyeong) in Korean and 坪 ‎(pe⁵) in Taiwanese.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) つぼ [tsùbó] (Heiban - [0])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɯᵝbo̞]

Noun

坪 ‎(hiragana つぼ, romaji tsubo)

1. A unit of areal measure, traditionally a square six 尺 ‎(shaku, traditional Japanese unit of length, roughly equivalent to the English foot) per side, equivalent to the area covered by two standard-sized tatami mats. In modern usage, standardized at 3.306 square metres.

References

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja

坪 • ‎(pyeong) (hangeul 평, revised pyeong, McCune-Reischauer p'yŏng, Yale phyeng)

1. pyeong, a traditional unit of measurement
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Vietnamese

Han character

坪 (bình)

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References

• Nom Foundation