壁 – wall, lining (stomach), fence

16 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1037 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 壁 means wall, lining (stomach), fence. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヘキ (heki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かべ (kabe). It is written with 16 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	ヘキ	heki
Kun’yomi	かべ	kabe

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: 口・十・辛・土・立・尸.

Words using 壁

壁かべwall

Example sentences

男はビンを壁に叩きつけた。

The man dashed the bottle against the wall.

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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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