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平静 (píng jìng): meaning and stroke order

平静 (píng jìng) means tranquil, undisturbed, serene.

平静

Simplified
平静
Traditional
平靜
Pinyin
píng jìng

Stroke order of 平静

平

  • Píng surname Ping
  • píng flat; level
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

静

  • jìng still; calm
  • 14 strokes
  • Traditional form: 靜

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 平静

  1. píng jìng Traditional 平靜
    • tranquil
    • undisturbed
    • serene

Radicals of the characters

平
Radical 干 (Kangxi radical 51) · 5 strokes · built from 干 and 丷
静
Radical 靑 (Kangxi radical 174) · 14 strokes · 青 on the left, 争 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

平静 in our stories

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  • 大火灭了，洪水退了，人们终于又过上了平静的日子。

    dàhuǒ miè le hóngshuǐ tuì le rénmen zhōngyú yòu guò shàng le píngjìng de rìzi

    The fires went out, the floods receded, and people could at last live in peace again.

    From the story Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 年轻的档案员陆遥接下了这件事。她先找到了“海兴号”的航海日志，最后一页写着：“风三级，海面平静。”

    niánqīng de dàng'ànyuán Lù Yáo jiē xià le zhè jiàn shì tā xiān zhǎodào le Hǎixīng hào de hánghǎi rìzhì zuìhòu yí yè xiě zhe fēng sān jí hǎimiàn píngjìng

    The young archivist Lu Yao took on the case. First she found the Haixing's logbook; the last page read: "Wind force three, sea calm."

    From the story The storm that never was HSK 7–9 · Level 8

  • 回头看看刚才淋雨的地方，风雨已经过去，晴天也不必太高兴。对一颗平静的心来说，风雨和晴天其实没有什么分别。

    huítóu kànkan gāngcái lín yǔ de dìfang fēngyǔ yǐjīng guòqu qíngtiān yě búbì tài gāoxìng duì yì kē píngjìng de xīn láishuō fēngyǔ hé qíngtiān qíshí méiyǒu shénme fēnbié

    Looking back at where you were caught in the rain: the storm is over, and there's no need to be too delighted by the sunshine either. To a calm heart, storm and sunshine are really no different.

    From the story Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 平静

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).