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碑

碑 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声。「石」+音符「卑」。「いしぶみ」を意味する漢語｛碑｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

tombstone, monument

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ヒJHS
Kun (native)
  • いしぶみ
Other languages
  • 拼音bei1
  • 한글bi
  • Hán-ViệtBi

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

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
石(いし)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+7891

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰石卑

Words using this kanji

  • 碑いしぶみ（ヒ、いしぶみ）功績などの文章、文字を刻んだ碑。stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations), stele, stela
  • 碑文ひぶん石碑に彫られた文章。inscription, epitaph, epigraph
  • 碑銘ひめい石碑に刻まれた銘。inscription, epitaph
  • 碑石ひせき碑の材料となる石材。stone monument
  • 碑陰ひいんback of a stone monument, inscription on the back of a stone monument
  • 碑文学ひぶんがくepigraphy

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-5-9
Four Corner
1664.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5a9.2
Heisig
1630
Nelson
3206