偏旁

へんぼう

Also written 扁旁

Meanings

1. Noun left and right kanji radicals
2. kanji radical positions (now used for 冠, 脚, etc. as well)

Kanji

• 偏 biased. Read as ヘン.
• 旁 RHS of character; at same time. Read as ボウ.

Words containing 偏旁

• 偏旁冠脚 (へんぼうかんきゃく) radicals of a kanji (left, right, crown and lower)

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