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、あた.り、ほと.り、-べ
Romaji: hen, ata.ri, hoto.ri, -be
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Name Reading

Kana: なべ
Romaji: nabe
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Meanings

environs, boundary, border, vicinity

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  4
Radical Number:  162
Frequency:  428
Grade:  4
Skip Pattern:  3-3-2
Korean Reading:  byeon
Chinese Reading:  bian1
Unicode:  8fba
JIS:  4A55

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3029
Nelson Index: 4661
New Nelson Index: 6011
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2q2.1
Four Corner Index: 3730.2
Guide to Remembering Index: 580
Gakken Index: 696
Japanese Names Index: 179
Daikanwanjiten Index: 38710P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0001
Remembering the kanji Index: 284
Kanji Flashcards Index: 947
Kodansha Compact Index: 676
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 608
Kanji in Context Index: 962
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1916
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2607
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 290
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 302
Essential Kanji Index: 270
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3761
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3545
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 713
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 455

Words

(へん)
area; vicinity; region; side (of triangle, rectangle, etc.); circumstances
周辺 (しゅうへん)
circumference; outskirts; environs; around; in the area of; in the vicinity of; (computer) peripheral
近辺 (きんぺん)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
川辺 (かわべ)
riverside; edge of a river
海辺 (うみべ、かいへん)
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
(へ、べ、え)
surrounding area; shore (of the sea); suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc.
辺境 (へんきょう)
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
辺り (あたり、ほとり)
on the bank of; by the side of (e.g. a river, pond); (in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby; around (Sunday, last year, etc...); for instance
水辺 (みずべ、すいへん)
waterside; waterfront
山辺 (やまべ)
mountain; vicinity of a mountain
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