Moto 辺: Environs; Boundary; BorderKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ヘン
- Kun'yomi
- あた(り)、ほと(り)、-べ
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 165 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ヘン)
- 周辺しゅうへんcircumference; outskirts
- 辺へんarea; vicinity
- 底辺ていへんbase (e.g. of a triangle)
- 辺境へんきょうremote region; frontier (district)
- この辺このへんthis area; around here
- そこら辺そこらへんhereabouts; around there
- その辺そのへんaround there; near there
- どの辺どのへんwhereabout; about where
- 右辺うへんright side (of an equation, expression, etc.); RHS
- 左辺さへんleft side (of an equation, expression, etc.); LHS
- 無辺むへんinfinite; boundless
- 辺地へんちremote place
- ここら辺ここらへんabout here; in this neighborhood
- どこら辺どこらへんwhere; whereabouts
- 七辺形しちへんけいheptagon; septagon
- 下辺かへんlower side (go, chess, othello board)
- 不等辺ふとうへんunequal sides
- 不等辺三角形ふとうへんさんかっけいscalene (triangle); triangle having three sides of different lengths
- 両辺りょうへんboth sides
- 中辺ちゅうへんmoderate; middle-of-the-road
- 二等辺三角形にとうへんさんかっけいisosceles triangle
- 五辺形ごへんけいpentagon
- 低辺ていへんbase (e.g. of a triangle)
- 側辺そくへんcorner
- 八辺形はちへんけいoctagon
- 公辺こうへんpublic ceremonies; public affairs
- 六辺形ろくへんけいhexagon
- 北辺ほくへんnorthern extremity
- 十辺形じゅうへんけいdecagon
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 海辺うみべbeach; seashore
- 水辺みずべwaterside; waterfront
- 辺りあたり(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood
- 浜辺はまべbeach; foreshore
- 岸辺きしべshore; bank (of a body of water)
- 上辺うわべexterior; surface
- 川辺かわべriverside; edge of a river
- 沢辺さわべedge of a swamp
- 磯辺いそべseashore; beach
- 野辺のべfield
- ここら辺りここらあたりabout here; in this neighborhood
- この辺りこのあたりthis area; around here
- その辺りそのあたりthereabouts; vicinity
- どこら辺りどこらあたりwhere; whereabouts
- 一昨年辺りいっさくねんあたりthe year before last (or thereabouts)
- 上辺を飾るうわべをかざるto put on airs; to be pretentious
- 丘辺おかべvicinity of a hill
Other readings
- 一辺倒いっぺんとうcomplete devotion (to); total commitment (to)
- 身辺しんぺんone's person; around one's person
- 近辺きんぺんneighbourhood; neighborhood
- 天辺てっぺんtop; summit
- 一辺いっぺんside of a geometric shape (e.g. triangle or rectangle)
- 三辺合計さんぺんごうけいthe sum of the length, width, and height of a package; length + width + height
- 三辺測量さんぺんそくりょうtrilateration
- 何の辺どのへんwhereabout; about where
- 何処ら辺どこらへんwhere; whereabouts
- 何処ら辺りどこらあたりwhere; whereabouts
- 偏辺かたほとりcorner; remote country place
- 其の辺そのへんaround there; near there
- 其処等辺そこらへんhereabouts; around there
- 内辺うちわたりprecincts of the Imperial palace
Showing the 60 most common of 165 words. See them all in the graph.
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