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Kotomora

偏

partial, side, left-side radical, inclining, biased

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes11

Readings

On'yomi

  • ヘン

Kun'yomi

  • かたよ.る

Meaning

偏 centers on leaning to one side: being partial, biased, or inclined toward something. The radical sense is the same left-side person radical used as a component in other characters.

Most common words using 偏

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  • 偏見へんけん
    N1

    prejudice; bias; distorted view

  • 偏差へんさ

    deflection; deviation; variation; declination; drift

  • 偏るかたよる
    N2

    to lean (to one side); to incline

  • 偏りかたより

    deviation; inclination; offset; bias; prejudice

  • 偏へん
    N1

    left-hand radical of a character

  • 偏かたほ

    imperfect; incomplete; unsatisfactory

  • 偏向へんこう

    propensity; tendency; inclination; deflection

  • 偏頭痛へんずつう

    migraine

  • 偏重へんちょう

    attaching too much importance to; placing disproportionate emphasis on; making too much of

  • 偏愛へんあい

    favoritism; favouritism; partiality

  • 偏食へんしょく

    unbalanced diet

  • 偏屈へんくつ

    narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped; bigoted; eccentric

  • 偏にひとえに
    N1

    wholly (due to); entirely; solely

  • 偏在へんざい

    uneven distribution; unfair distribution; maldistribution

  • 偏執へんしゅう

    bias; eccentricity; obstinacy

  • 偏狭へんきょう

    narrow-mindedness; intolerance; illiberality; narrowness

  • 偏西風へんせいふう

    westerlies; prevailing westerlies

  • 行人偏ぎょうにんべん

    kanji "going man" radical (radical 60)

  • 偏執狂へんしつきょう

    monomania; monomaniac

  • 方偏かたへん

    kanji "direction" radical at left (radical 70)

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Etymology

偏 combines the person radical 亻 with 扁, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of flatness or one-sidedness, suggesting a person leaning or biased.

Meaning mnemonic

A person 亻 standing beside a flat, one-sided object 扁: imagine someone leaning against a signboard, tilting to one side. That leaning is being partial or biased.

Reading mnemonic

For ヘン, picture a hen leaning to one side as it pecks at grain: hen -> ヘン, and the hen's tilted posture shows bias.