凭 – lean on, recline on, lie heavy

8 strokesN2 vocabulary

The kanji 凭 means lean on, recline on, lie heavy. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヒョウ、ヘイ (hyou, hei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is もた.れる、よ.る (motareru, yoru). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 几 (no. 16).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヒョウ	hyou
On’yomi	ヘイ	hei
Kun’yomi	もた.れる	motareru
Kun’yomi	よ.る	yoru

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: 几 (Kangxi radical 16). Components: ノ・化・士・几.

Words using 凭

凭れるもたれるto lean against

Kanji with the same radical

処凡几

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