偏 – partial, side, left-side radical

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The kanji 偏 means partial, side, left-side radical, inclining, biased. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヘン (hen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かたよ.る (katayoru). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヘン	hen
Kun’yomi	かたよ.る	katayoru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: ｜・一・化・戸・冂・冊・尸・廾.

Words using 偏

偏見へんけんprejudice

Example sentences

彼女は科学における性的偏見について書いた。

She wrote on gender bias in science.

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Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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