• 並列へいれつ — parallel / side-by-side
• 並行へいこう — running in parallel
• 並なみ — average / ordinary
• 並ならぶ — to line up
• 並ならべる — to arrange
• 並ならびに — as well as / and also

並 is a compound ideogram (会意) showing two 「立」 figures side by side. It originally depicted standing in line—the core meaning of the character.

人ひとが 列れつに 並ならんでいます。
People are lining up in a row.

私わたしは 並なみの 成績せいせきでしたが、努力どりょくしました。
I had average grades, but I worked hard.