vicinity of a hill; area around a hill
Refers to the area near or surrounding a hill; somewhat literary or descriptive, not an everyday conversational word.
The village spreads out in the vicinity of the hill.
I like walking along the paths around the hill.
Standard kanji spelling; 岡 means 'hill' and 辺 means 'vicinity'.
Variant spelling using 丘 ('hill'); less common but still encountered.
Compound of 岡 (おか, 'hill') and 辺 (へ > べ, 'vicinity'). The reading べ is a rendaku form of へ.