壁
wall; lining (stomach); fence
16 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1037.
Readings
- かべ (kun reading): 壁 (かべ) wall; 壁紙 (かべがみ) wallpaper
- ヘキ (on reading): 城壁 (じょうへき) castle wall; 壁画 (へきが) fresco
Components
- 辟
- 土
- 十 radical ten
- 口 radical mouth
- 土 radical earth
- 尸 radical corpse; flag
- 立 radical stand
- 辛 radical bitter; spicy
Words using 壁
- 壁 (かべ) wall
- 壁紙 (かべがみ) wallpaper
- 壁打ち (かべうち) bouncing a ball against a wall (e.g. tennis exercise)
- ベルリンの壁 (ベルリンのかべ) Berlin Wall
- 壁ドン (かべドン) slamming one's hand into the wall in front of someone (e.g. to stop them from leaving; often viewed as romantic)
- 城壁 (じょうへき) castle wall
- 壁画 (へきが) fresco
- 外壁 (がいへき) outer wall
- 壁面 (へきめん) surface of a wall
- 隔壁 (かくへき) barrier wall
- 壁牌 (ピーパイ) wall tiles
153 words in all.