Illustration: In an empty Japanese apartment, a flooring installer demonstrates area using a large square mat and two identical plain measuring rods. One rod lies along the mat's bottom edge and the other along its left edge, meeting at a right angle; each exactly matches its side.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

平へい方ほう

heihou

square, as in square metres

Used before a unit of area. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 縦横たてよこ8フィートの部屋へやの面積めんせきは64平方へいほうフィートである。

    The area of an 8-foot square room is 64 square feet.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれの牧場ぼくじょうは、20平方へいほうマイルに及およんでいる。

    His ranch covers twenty square miles.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 市街地しがいちの中なかに1万まん3500平方へいほうmの境内けいだいをもち、歴史れきしある建築けんちくが並ならぶ。

    The temple precincts occupy an area of 13,500 square meters in the city and contains a lot of historical architecture.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 平方

  • 平even; flatOnヘイ・ビョウ・ヒョウKunたいら・たいらげる・ひら
  • 方direction; personOnホウKunかた

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