This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ヘン、かたよ.る
Romaji: hen, katayo.ru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

partial, side, left-side radical, inclining, biased

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  9
Frequency:  1340
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-2-9
Korean Reading:  pyeon
Chinese Reading:  pian1
Unicode:  504f
JIS:  4A50

Indexes

Halpern Index: 133
Nelson Index: 511
New Nelson Index: 277
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2a9.16
Four Corner Index: 2322.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 1782
Gakken Index: 1649
Japanese Names Index: 1273
Daikanwanjiten Index: 848X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 1.0860
Remembering the kanji Index: 1823
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1059
Kodansha Compact Index: 122
Kanji in Context Index: 1176
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 101
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 116
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1840
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1964
Essential Kanji Index: 1260
Kodansha Kanji Index: 151
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2153
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1411

Words

(へん)
left-hand radical of a character
偏る (かたよる)
to be one-sided; to incline; to be partial; to be prejudiced; to lean; to be biased; to be biassed
偏向 (へんこう)
propensity; tendency; inclination; deflection
偏重 (へんちょう、へんじゅう)
preponderance; making too much of; overestimation; overemphasis; attaching too much importance to
偏愛 (へんあい)
favoritism; favouritism; partiality
偏見 (へんけん)
prejudice; narrow view
偏差 (へんさ)
deflection; deviation; variation; declination; drift
偏り (かたより)
deviation; inclination; offset; bias; prejudice; polarization; polarisation
方偏 (かたへん、ほうへん)
kanji "direction" radical at left (radical 70)
偏頭痛 (へんずつう、へんとうつう)
migraine (headache)
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