辺
environs, boundary, border, vicinity
Readings
On'yomi
- ヘン
Kun'yomi
- あた.り
- ほと.り
- -べ
Nanori
- なべ
Meaning
辺 centers on the area near a boundary or edge: the environs, vicinity, or border of a place.
Most common words using 辺
20 of 156- 辺りあたりN4
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby; surroundings
- 周辺しゅうへんN2
circumference; outskirts; environs; around; in the area of; in the vicinity of
- 辺へんN1
area; vicinity; region
- 近辺きんぺん
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
- 海辺うみべN2
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
- 底辺ていへん
base (of a polygon)
- 浜辺はまべN1
beach; foreshore
- 天辺てっぺんN1
top; summit; apex; peak
- 辺境へんきょう
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
- 身辺しんぺん
one's person; around one's person
- 水辺みずべ
water's edge; waterside; shore
- 辺ほとりN1
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
- 一辺倒いっぺんとう
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
- 川辺かわべ
riverside; riverbank; edge of a river
- 窓辺まどべ
by the window
- 岸辺きしべN1
shore; bank (of a body of water)
- 上辺うわべ
exterior; surface; outside
- 磯辺いそべ
seashore; beach
- 山辺やまべ
mountain; vicinity of a mountain
- 辺鄙へんぴ
hard to reach place; remote place
Study
Etymology
辺 is the modern simplified form of 邊. The older form combines 辶 (movement) with 臱, which likely contributed the sound and the idea of a border or edge. The modern 刀 inside is a simplification.
Meaning mnemonic
The movement radical 辶 surrounds a sword 刀, like a blade marking the edge of a territory. Picture walking along the border with a sword to define the boundary.
Reading mnemonic
For ヘン, imagine a hen pecking at the ground right at the border of its coop: hen -> ヘン, and the hen marks the edge of its territory.