辟 – false, punish, crime

13 strokesN1 vocabulary

The kanji 辟 means false, punish, crime, law. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヘキ、ヒ (heki, hi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is きみ、ひら.く、め.す (kimi, hiraku, mesu). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 辛 (no. 160).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヘキ	heki
On’yomi	ヒ	hi
Kun’yomi	きみ	kimi
Kun’yomi	ひら.く	hiraku
Kun’yomi	め.す	mesu

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: 辛 (Kangxi radical 160). Components: 口・十・辛・立・尸.

Words using 辟

辟易へきえきto be fed up (with)

Example sentences

彼は人付き合いに辟易している。

He's fed up with socializing.

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Kanji with the same radical

辞辛

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