塀 – fence, wall, (kokuji)

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The kanji 塀 means fence, wall, (kokuji). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヘイ、ベイ (hei, bei). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヘイ	hei
On’yomi	ベイ	bei

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: 土 (Kangxi radical 32). Components: ｜・ノ・一・土・二・ハ・尸・廾.

Words using 塀

塀へいwall

Example sentences

塀に登るな。

Don't climb up the wall.

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家の周りに塀が立っている。

A fence runs around the house.

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Kanji with the same radical

地場報在増基土境域型均圧壊城執坂

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