坪 píng plain
plain; level ground
怎么记住“坪”: 土 earth + 平 level = plain. After the rice harvest the earth lies level for miles, and the farm kids fly kites across the golden plain.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
坪 = 土 earth + 平 level
- 土 earth meaning
- 平 level meaning + sound
- 干 do
- 丷 horns
After the rice harvest the earth lies level for miles, and the farm kids fly kites across the golden plain.
How it came to be
The earth and the sign for level make level ground, and level also gives the sound.
用法
- Level open ground, chiefly in 草坪 (cǎopíng): a lawn. 请勿践踏草坪 (qǐng wù jiàntà cǎopíng) keep off the grass.
- In Taiwan 坪 is also a unit of floor area (~3.3 m²).