辺

See also: 邊, 邉, and 边

辺 U+8FBA, 辺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FBA ← 边 [U+8FB9] CJK Unified Ideographs 辻 → [U+8FBB]

Translingual

Traditional	邊
Shinjitai	辺
Simplified	边

Han character

辺 (radical 162, 辵+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸竹 (YSH), four-corner 3730₂, composition ⿺辶刀)

Derived characters

• 𬵑

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1253, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38710
• Dae Jaweon: page 1735, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 6, page 3815, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8FBA

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology 1: Simplified from 道, where the original phonetic component 首 (OC *hljuʔ, *hljus) was replaced with the more apparent and less complicated phonetic component 刀 (dāo).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 辺 – see 道 (“way; path; road; etc.”). (This character, 辺, is the second-round simplified form of 道.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 辺 – see 邊 (“edge; border; side; border; boundary; etc.”). (This character, 辺, is a variant form of 邊.)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	辺
Kyūjitai	邊

Kanji

辺

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 邊)

Readings

• Go-on: へん (hen, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: へん (hen, Jōyō)
• Kun: あたり (atari, 辺り, Jōyō); べ (be, 辺, Jōyō); へ (he, 辺); へた (heta, 辺); へち (hechi); ほとり (hotori, 辺)
• Nanori: なべ (nabe)

Compounds

Compounds

• 海辺 (うみべ) (umibe), 海辺 (かいへん) (kaihen)
• 近 (きん)辺 (ぺん) (kinpen)
• 君 (くん)辺 (ぺん) (kunpen): vicinity of a lord
• 周 (しゅう)辺 (へん) (shūhen)
• 辺 (へん)境 (きょう) (henkyō)
• 辺 (へん)鄙 (ぴ) (henpi)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
辺
へん Grade: 4
on’yomi

/pen/ → /fen/ → /hen/

From Middle Chinese 邊 (MC pen, “edge; margin, border; nearby, vicinity”).

Pronunciation 1

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) へん [hèń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [hẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

辺 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 邊, hiragana へん, rōmaji hen)

1. (colloquial) place, general area, vicinity

   彼 (かれ)はその辺 (へん)にいるはずだ。

   Kare wa sono hen ni iru hazu da.

   He must be there or somewhere.

Pronunciation 2

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) へ​ん [héꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [hẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

辺 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 邊, hiragana へん, rōmaji hen)

1. (geometry) the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; edge, [side]
2. (graph theory) any of the connected pairs of the vertices in a graph; edge

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
辺
へ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

/pe₁/ → /pe/ → /fe/ → /he/

From Old Japanese. The root of the modern Japanese directional particle へ (e).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) へ​ [héꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [he̞]
• This pitch accent pattern only applies to the noun sense.

Alternative forms

• 方

Noun

辺 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 邊, hiragana へ, rōmaji he)

1. place, general area, vicinity

Suffix

辺 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 邊, hiragana へ, rōmaji -he)

1. (obsolete) place, general area, vicinity

Usage notes

The suffix sense underwent phonological changes, with the reading shifting to either e or be. See also be below.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 家 (いえ) (ie): home, abode, house
• 古 (いにしえ) (inishie): a long time ago
• 沖辺 (おきへ) (okihe): offshore, the open ocean
• 末辺 (すえへ) (suehe): the area towards the end of something; the area near the summit of a mountain
• 前 (まえ) (mae): front; forward
• 本辺 (もとへ) (motohe): the area towards the beginning of something; the area near the base or foothills of a mountain
• 行方 (ゆくえ) (yukue): one's destination, one's whereabouts
• 後方 (しりえ) (shirie): back; backward

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
辺
べ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

/pe₁/ → /pe/ → /be/

From Old Japanese, from pe above. The he changes to be as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [be̞]

Alternative forms

• 方

Suffix

辺 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 邊, hiragana べ, rōmaji -be)

1. place, general area, vicinity

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 天辺 (あまべ) (amabe)
• 海辺 (うみべ) (umibe)
• 岡辺 (おかべ) (okabe)
• 沖方 (おきべ) (okibe): offshore, the open ocean
• 上辺 (かみべ) (kamibe)
• 川辺 (かわべ) (kawabe)
• 岸辺 (きしべ) (kishibe)
• 下辺 (しもべ) (shimobe)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
辺
へた Grade: 4
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 辺 (he, “vicinity”, see he above) +‎ た (ta, “place, area”, the same ta element in 貴方 anata, now “you” in modern Japanese but previously meaning “that one over there”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [he̞ta̠]

Alternative forms

• 端

Noun

辺 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 邊, hiragana へた, rōmaji heta)

1. (obsolete) the area near something or along the edge of something

Suffix

辺 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 邊, hiragana へた, rōmaji -heta)

1. the area near something or along the edge of something

Usage notes

In modern Japanese, this changes phonologically into either /-ppeta/ or /-beta/.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 尻 (しり)べた (shiribeta): the butt, the rounded area of one's posterior
• 尻 (しり)っぺた (shirippeta): (emphatic) the butt, the rounded area of one's posterior
• 頬 (ほ)っ辺 (ぺた) (hoppeta): the area around the cheeks

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
辺
へち Grade: 4
kun’yomi

From at least the late Heian period. Originally a compound of 辺 (he, “vicinity”, see he above) +‎ ち (chi, “area?”, the same chi element used to indicate general area in こち kochi, “around here, this area” and related words).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) へち​ [hèchíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
  • IPA^(key): [he̞t͡ɕi]

Alternative forms

• 端

Noun

辺 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 邊, hiragana へち, rōmaji hechi)

1. (obsolete) the area near something or along the edge of something

Synonyms

• 縁 (ふち) (fuchi)
• 外 (はず)れ (hazure)
• 辺 (ほとり) (hotori) (see below)

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term
辺
ほとり Grade: 4
kun’yomi

From at least the Heian period. Appears to be a compound or conjugation, but the ultimate derivation is unknown.

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ほとり [hòtórí] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) ほとり​ [hòtóríꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
  • IPA^(key): [ho̞to̞ɾʲi]

Alternative forms

• 畔

Noun

辺 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 邊, hiragana ほとり, rōmaji hotori)

1. the area near something or along the edge of something
2. those people who are close to someone in terms of social relationships

Etymology 7

Kanji in this term
辺
なべ Grade: 4
Irregular

Appears to be a compound of な (na, alternative form of の no, the possessive particle) +‎ 辺 (be, “vicinity”, see be above).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • IPA^(key): [na̠be̞]

Suffix

辺 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 邊, hiragana なべ, rōmaji -nabe)

1. vicinity, area

Usage notes

Only found in names.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 川 (かわ)辺 (なべ) (Kawanabe): a place in Kagoshima Prefecture
• 神 (かん)辺 (なべ) (Kannabe): a place in Hiroshima Prefecture
• 田 (た)辺 (なべ) (Tanabe): a surname; a place in Wakayama Prefecture; a place in Kyoto Prefecture
• 渡 (わた)辺 (なべ) (Watanabe): a surname