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邊

邊 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. あたり。ほとり。
  2. 境界。
  3. 端。
  4. 果て。
  5. 接近。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「辵」+音符「𦤝」。「そば」「さかい」を意味する漢語｛邊｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

edge, margin, side, border

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ヘン
Kun (native)
  • あた(り)
  • ほと(り)
  • 〜べ
Nanori (used in names)
  • なべ
Other languages
  • 拼音bian1
  • 한글byeon
  • Hán-ViệtBiên

Basics

Strokes
19 strokes
Radical
辵(しんにょう)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+908A

Components

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

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿺辶臱

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
3-4-15
Four Corner
3630.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2q2.1