383.等

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1. Meaning and Reading

  • etcetera, equal, class
  • Onyomi : とう
  • Kunyomi : ひとしい

2. Kanji Explanation

  • 竹 : bamboos
  • 寺 : temple

Two bamboos (竹) of the same rank growing at a temple (寺), symbolizing ‘equal’ or ‘class’.

等 kanji meaning and mnemonic illustration

3. Example Words

等しい ひとしい
equal, same

I'm bad at English, so it's the same as not having learned it.

均等 きんとう
equality, uniformity

The work was divided equally.