Word Meaning 平行

へいこう heikou

平行 is read as へいこう (heikou) and means not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate).

Meaning

English

  1. not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
  2. parallelism
  3. running parallel (to, with)
  4. running concurrently
  5. occurring at the same time
  6. keeping pace with

Reading

Kana

へいこう

Romaji

heikou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 4252 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

平行いとこ

へいこういとこ

parallel cousins

平行調

へいこうちょう

relative key

平行コーパス

へいこうこーぱす

parallel corpora

平行進化

へいこうしんか

parallel evolution

平行六面体

へいこうろくめんたい

parallelepiped

平行線

へいこうせん

parallel lines

平行棒

へいこうぼう

parallel bars

平行不整合

へいこうふせいごう

disconformity

平行光源

へいこうこうげん

directional light source

平行移動

へいこういどう

translation

平行四辺形

へいこうしへんけい

parallelogram

平日

ひらび

kanji radical 73

Example Sentences

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Parallel lines do not intersect each other.

The opposite sides of a rectangle are parallel.

The two streets run parallel to one another.

The opposite sides of a rectangle are parallel.

The opposite sides of a parallelogram are parallel.

A parallelogram is a quadrilateral formed from two sets of parallel lines.

The road parallels the river for a few miles.

A square is one type of rectangle, and a rectangle is one type of parallelogram.

Let's find the equation that shifts the parabola y=x²−4x+7 three spaces on the x-axis and -2 spaces on the y-axis.