The kanji 辺: meaning, readings and stroke order

辺

Meaning: area, edge
On reading: ヘン hen
Kun reading: あた（り） atari、べ be
Strokes: 5
Radical: 辵 walk
Level: Level 4 · grade 4
Old form: 邊

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: vùng quanh, bờ (biên)
Japanese: あたり。はし。
Korean: 근처, 가 (변)
Chinese: 周边、边 (边)

Readings, words and example sentences

ヘン hen · on reading

周しゅう辺へん
the area around
駅の 周しゅう辺へんを歩きます。
I walk around the area near the station.

あた（り） atari · kun reading

辺あたり
around here, area
この 辺あたりはとても静かです。
It is very quiet around here.

べ be · kun reading · less common

海うみ辺べ
seaside, beach
海うみ辺べで貝を拾います。
I pick up shells at the beach.

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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.