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壁 = 辟 + 土

壁 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “wall”. It is built from 辟 (heki) and 土 (soil). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1616.

Keyword
wall
RTK frame
1616
Strokes
16
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ヘキ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かべ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
стена
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
壁 partition wall

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 辟 heki
  2. 土 soil

How to find 壁 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “heki” + “soil”. 壁 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 壁 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.