The kanji 壁: meaning, readings and stroke order

壁

Meaning: wall
On reading: ヘキ heki
Kun reading: かべ kabe
Strokes: 16
Radical: 土 earth
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bức tường (bích)
Japanese: かべ。
Korean: 벽
Chinese: 墙、墙壁

Readings, words and example sentences

ヘキ heki · on reading · less common

岸がん壁ぺき
quay, harbor wall
船が 岸がん壁ぺきにつきました。
The ship came up to the quay.

かべ kabe · kun reading

壁かべ
wall
壁かべに絵をかけます。
I hang a picture on the wall.

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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.