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壁

壁 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「土」+音符「辟」。「かべ」「城壁」を意味する漢語｛壁｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

wall, lining (stomach), fence

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ヘキJHS
Kun (native)
  • かべJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音bi4
  • 한글byeog
  • Hán-ViệtBích

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
土(つち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+58C1

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱辟土

Words using this kanji

  • 壁かべwall, partition, barrier, obstacle
  • 壁画へきが建造物や塀、洞窟などの壁にえがかれた絵画。fresco, mural, wall painting
  • 壁面へきめんの表面。surface of a wall
  • 壁紙かべがみ「かべがみ」参照。wallpaper, wallpaper, background image, desktop image
  • 壁掛けかべかけwall-mounted ornament, wall decoration, wall hanging, wall-mounted
  • 壁新聞かべしんぶんwall newspaper, wall poster
  • 壁蝨ダニtick (Acari spp.), mite, hoodlum, tough
  • 壁土かべつちplaster, wall clay, wall mud
  • 壁板かべいたwallboard, wall decoration
  • 壁役かべやくcatchers who warm up pitchers in the bullpen, tank (character that soaks up damage for the rest of the party in an MMORPG)
  • 壁龕へきがん西洋建築において、壁を窪めた部分。彫刻・花瓶などを飾ったり、噴水を設けたりする。古典的建築意匠の一種で、アプスのように上部が半ドーム形になっているのが普通である。niche (in Western architecture)
  • 壁際かべぎわclose to the wall, alongside the wall
  • 壁立へきりつcliff that stands tall like a wall
  • 壁代かべしろcurtain separating a central room from the aisles around it (in palatial-style architecture)
  • 壁材かべざいwall material, wall-finishing material, wallplate (e.g. in a mine)
  • 壁草かべくさgrass mixed with mud to construct walls, Hedera rhombea (species of ivy)
  • 壁牌ピーパイwall tiles, wall
  • 壁間へきかんportion of wall between two pillars, surface of a wall
  • 壁上へきじょう壁の上または面。on a wall, surface of a wall
  • 壁泉へきせんwall fountain

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-13-3
Four Corner
7010.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3b13.7
Heisig
1616
Nelson
1148