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Kanji Detail for 坪 - "unit, tsubo"

坪

  • Meaning

    坪 means "unit, tsubo." Also associated with flat land.

    1. Tsubo - A unit of area (approximately 3.3 square meters).

    2. Flat land - Level ground.

    3. Unit - A measure of land or volume.

  • Tattoo check: 坪

    • Verified meaning: unit, tsubo
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read つぼ, つぼさき, へい)
    • Also carries these associations: flat land

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 坪

    Surnames 坪(つぼ)Listen 坪(つぼさき)Listen 坪(へい)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    two-mat area; approx. thirty-six sq ft

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    level ground; Japanese measure

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    a plain; ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters (used in Japan and Taiwan)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    plain; level ground

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A flat place. | Japanese land measurement. Thirty 坪 equals one 畝. One 畝 equals 0.1488 Chinese market mu.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    hei(ヘイ) ヘイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsubo(つぼ) つぼ

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)

  • Related Keywords

    tsubo flat land unit area measure plot property ground square site earth level real estate survey

Sentences including 坪

  • I bought an eight-acre farm for my retirement.

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