The kanji 偏: meaning, readings and stroke order

偏

Meaning: lean, one-sided
On reading: ヘン hen
Kun reading: かたよ（る） katayoru
Strokes: 11
Radical: 人 man, human
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: lệch, thiên vị (thiên)
Japanese: かたよる。いっぽうによる。
Korean: 치우치다 (편)
Chinese: 偏、偏向

Readings, words and example sentences

ヘン hen · on reading · less common

偏へん見けん
prejudice, bias
偏へん見けんをもたないようにします。
I try not to be prejudiced.

かたよ（る） katayoru · kun reading · less common

偏かたよる
to be unbalanced, to lean to one side
食事が 偏かたよります。
My meals become unbalanced.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.