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辺 = 辶 + 刀
辺 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “environs”. It is built from 辶 (road) and 刀 (sword). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 302.
- Keyword
- environs
- RTK frame
- 302
- Strokes
- 5
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ヘン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- あた.り, ほと.り, -べ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- окрестности
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 辺 edge
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 辺 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “road” + “sword”. 辺 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 辺 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.