偏へん旁ぼう

noun

left and right kanji radicals

Traditional term specifically for the left-side radical (偏) and right-side radical (旁) of a kanji. Used in discussions of character structure.

• 漢かん字じの偏へん旁ぼうを覚おぼえると、部ぶ首しゅの理り解かいが深ふかまる。

  Learning the left and right radicals of kanji deepens your understanding of bushu.

noun

kanji radical positions

Colloquial extension that now covers all radical positions (冠, 脚, 構, 垂, 繞, etc.), not just left and right. Often used loosely in everyday talk about kanji components.

• 「偏へん旁ぼう」って言こと葉ば、今いまは冠かんむりとか脚あしも含ふくめて使つかうよね。

  The word 'henbou' is now used to include crown and foot radicals too, right?