被 – incur, cover, veil

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#431 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 被 means incur, cover, veil, brood over, shelter, wear, put on, be exposed (film). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヒ (hi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is こうむ.る、おお.う、かぶ.る、かぶ.せる (koumuru, oou, kaburu, kabuseru). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 衣 (no. 145).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヒ	hi
Kun’yomi	こうむ.る	koumuru
Kun’yomi	おお.う	oou
Kun’yomi	かぶ.る	kaburu
Kun’yomi	かぶ.せる	kabuseru

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: 衣 (Kangxi radical 145). Components: 初・皮・又.

Words using 被

被るかぶるto put on (one's head)被害ひがい(suffering) damage被せるかぶせるto cover (with something)

Example sentences

避難民は食料や水、薬などその他いろいろ不足を被るものだ。

Refugees will suffer lack of food, water, medicine and all that.

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台風は多大の被害を与えた。

The typhoon has done much harm.

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彼は車にカバーを被せた。

He put a cover over his car.

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Kanji with the same radical

表裁補製装裏複裂裕袋襲衣衰裸袖襟

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