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Reading

Kana: ヘン
Romaji: hen
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

volume, chapter, book, editing, compilation

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  15
Radical Number:  118
Frequency:  2076
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-6-9
Korean Reading:  pyeon
Chinese Reading:  pian1
Unicode:  7bc7
JIS:  4A53

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2710
Nelson Index: 3418
New Nelson Index: 4324
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6f9.9
Four Corner Index: 8822.7
Gakken Index: 1391
Daikanwanjiten Index: 26257X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0826
Remembering the kanji Index: 2645
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2365
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2687
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3361

Words

(へん)
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
詩編 (しへん)
book containing a collection of poems; Psalms (book of the Bible)
中編 (ちゅうへん)
second part (of three); second volume; middle part; novelette; novella; short novel; long short story; medium-length story
千編一律 (せんぺんいちりつ)
humdrum; lack of variety; monotony; stereotypical
本編 (ほんぺん)
original story; original version; this volume
短編 (たんぺん)
short (e.g. story, film)
長編 (ちょうへん)
long (e.g. novel, film)
一篇 (いっぺん)
piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story
雄編 (ゆうへん)
masterpiece
短編小説 (たんぺんしょうせつ)
short story; novella
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