偏
partial, side, left-side radical, inclining, biased
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
20 of 165- 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)
Study
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.