边

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See also: 邊, 邉, and 辺
边 U+8FB9, 边
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FB9
← 辸
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 辺 →

Translingual

Stroke order
0 strokes
Traditional 邊
Shinjitai 辺
Simplified 边

Han character

边 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 卜大尸 (YKS), composition ⿺辶力)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1253, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38709
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1735, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3815, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+8FB9

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 邊 (臱 → 力). Officially adopted as the simplified form of 邊 in the Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (《漢字簡化方案》) in 1956.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 边 – see 邊 (“edge; side; margin; brim; decorative border; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 邊).
Notes:

Vietnamese

Han character

边: Hán Nôm readings: biên, ben, bên, ven

  1. side; edge
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