Moto 壁: Wall; Lining (stomach); FenceKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ヘキ
- Kun'yomi
- かべ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 152 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ヘキ)
- 障壁しょうへきenclosing wall; boundary fence
- 壁画へきがfresco; mural
- 外壁がいへきouter wall
- 壁面へきめんsurface of a wall
- 側壁そくへきside wall
- 内壁ないへきinner wall
- 城壁じょうへきrampart; castle walls
- 隔壁かくへきbarrier wall; bulkhead
- 体壁たいへきbody wall
- 体腔壁たいこうへきbody wall
- 北壁ほくへきnorthern cliff
- 厚壁細胞こうへきさいぼうsclerenchyma cell
- 参入障壁さんにゅうしょうへきbarriers to entry
- 双壁そうへき(two) matchless things; (two) matchless people
- 周壁しゅうへきperipheral wall; surrounding wall
- 咽頭後壁膿瘍いんとうこうへきのうようretropharyngeal abscess
- 囲壁いへきenclosure; casing
- 塁壁るいへきrampart
- 墻壁しょうへきenclosing wall; boundary fence
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 壁かべwall; partition
- 壁掛けかべかけwall-mounted ornament; wall decoration
- 壁新聞かべしんぶんwall newspaper; wall poster
- 壁紙かべがみwallpaper
- 白壁しらかべwhite plaster wall
- たれ壁たれかべhanging partition wall (e.g. against smoke)
- バカの壁バカのかべstupidity barrier; stupidity as an obstacle to coming to a mutual understanding
- ベルリンの壁ベルリンのかべthe Berlin Wall
- ペア壁紙ペアかべがみmatching-halves smartphone wallpapers (for lovers); paired wallpapers
- 中空壁ちゅうくうかべhollow walls
- 厚い壁あついかべhard-to-overcome obstacle; high hurdle
- 嘆きの壁なげきのかべWailing Wall (Jerusalem); Western Wall
- 土壁つちかべmud wall
- 地獄は壁一重じごくはかべひとえthe line between good and evil is no wider than a razor's edge
- 垂れ壁たれかべhanging partition wall (e.g. against smoke)
- 塗り壁ぬりかべplaster or mortar-covered wall
- 壁かけかべかけwall-mounted ornament; wall decoration
- 壁にかかるかべにかかるto hang on the wall
- 壁にかけるかべにかけるto hang (something) on the wall
- 壁に寄り掛かるかべによりかかるto rest against the wall; to lean against a wall
- 壁に掛かるかべにかかるto hang on the wall
- 壁に掛けるかべにかけるto hang (something) on the wall
- 壁に耳ありかべにみみありwalls have ears
- 壁に耳あり障子に目ありかべにみみありしょうじにめありwalls have ears; walls have ears, sliding doors have eyes
- 壁の花かべのはなone too shy to actively join in the party; wallflower
- 壁を貫くかべをつらぬくto penetrate the wall
- 壁ドンかべドンslamming one's hand into the wall in front of somebody (e.g. to stop them from leaving; often viewed as romantic)
- 壁パスかべパスwall pass (soccer); return pass
- 壁パンかべパンpunching the wall
- 壁パンチかべパンチpunching the wall
- 壁一重かべひとえsingle wall
- 壁下地かべしたじframework (for a mud-plastered wall)
- 壁代かべしろcurtain separating a central room from the aisles around it (in palatial-style architecture)
Other readings
- 岸壁がんぺきquay; wharf
- 岩壁がんぺきwall of rock; rock cliff
- 絶壁ぜっぺきprecipice; cliff
- 鉄壁てっぺきiron wall; impregnable fortress
- チーズ壁蝨チーズだにcheese mite
- 前壁ぜんぺきanterior wall; front wall
- 合壁がっぺきneighbor with just a wall between; neighbour with just a wall between
- 塗壁ぬりかべplaster or mortar-covered wall
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