The kanji 傍: meaning, readings and stroke order
傍
- Meaning
- side, beside
- On reading
- ボウ bou
- Kun reading
- かたわ(ら) katawara
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 人 man, human
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- bên cạnh (bàng)
- Japanese
- かたわら。そば。
- Korean
- 곁, 옆 (방)
- Chinese
- 旁边
Readings, words and example sentences
ボウ bou · on reading · less common
傍観
standing by and watching, doing nothing
傍観して いては いけません。
You must not just stand by and watch.
かたわ(ら) katawara · kun reading · less common
傍ら
beside, by someone's side
母の 傍らで 本を 読みます。
I read a book by my mother's side.
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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.