辺 – environs, boundary, border

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The kanji 辺 means environs, boundary, border, vicinity. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヘン (hen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あた.り、ほと.り、-べ (atari, hotori, be). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 辵 (no. 162).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヘン	hen
Kun’yomi	あた.り	atari
Kun’yomi	ほと.り	hotori
Kun’yomi	-べ	be

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: 辵 (Kangxi radical 162). Components: 込・刀.

Words using 辺

辺へんarea辺りあたり(in the) neighbourhood周辺しゅうへんcircumference浜辺はまべbeach

Example sentences

正方形には四つの辺がある。

A square has four sides.

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北極圏とは北極周辺の地域の事である。

The Arctic is the area round the North Pole.

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ボートが浜辺に引き上げられている。

The boats are abandoned on shore.

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Kanji with the same radical

連選通進近道運過送違述追退造達週

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