辺
vicinity; environs; boundary; border
5 strokes. Taught in grade 4. Newspaper frequency rank 428.
Readings
- ヘン (on reading): 辺 (へん) area; 周辺 (しゅうへん) circumference
- あたり (kun reading): 辺り (あたり) (in the) neighbourhood; 辺り一帯 (あたりいったい) all around
- べ (kun reading): 海辺 (うみべ) beach; 浜辺 (はまべ) beach
- ほとり (kun reading)
Components
Words using 辺
- 辺 (へん) area
- 周辺 (しゅうへん) circumference
- 近辺 (きんぺん) neighbourhood
- 底辺 (ていへん) base (of a polygon)
- 周辺機器 (しゅうへんきき) peripheral
- 辺り (あたり) (in the) neighbourhood
- 辺り一帯 (あたりいったい) all around
- 辺り構わず (あたりかまわず) indiscriminately
- 海辺 (うみべ) beach
- 浜辺 (はまべ) beach
- 水辺 (みずべ) water's edge
- 岸辺 (きしべ) shore
- 窓辺 (まどべ) by the window
- 片辺 (かたほとり) corner
- 辺 (へ) surrounding area
- 内辺 (うちわたり) precincts of the Imperial palace
- 天辺押し (てっぺいおし) pressing forward without giving a chance to explain
- 辺張待ち (ペンチャンまち) one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9)
144 words in all.