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Traditional | 邊 |
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Shinjitai | 辺 |
Simplified | 边 |
辺 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸竹 (YSH), four-corner 37302, composition ⿺辶刀)
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).
For pronunciation and definitions of 辺 – see 道 (“way; path; road; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 道). |
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For pronunciation and definitions of 辺 – see 邊 (“edge; side; margin; brim; decorative border; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 邊). |
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邊 |
(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 邊)
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辺 |
へん Grade: 4 |
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邊 (kyūjitai) |
/pen/ → /fen/ → /hen/
From Middle Chinese 邊 (MC pen, “edge; margin, border; nearby, vicinity”).
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辺 |
へ Grade: 4 |
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邊 (kyūjitai) 方 |
/pe1/ → /pe/ → /fe/ → /he/
From Old Japanese. The root of the modern Japanese directional particle へ (e).[3][1][4]
The suffix sense underwent phonological changes, with the reading shifting to either e or be. See also be below.
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辺 |
べ Grade: 4 |
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邊 (kyūjitai) 方 |
/pe1/ → /pe/ → /be/
From Old Japanese, from pe above.[3][1][4] The he changes to be as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
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辺 |
へた Grade: 4 |
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邊 (kyūjitai) 端 |
From Old Japanese.[3][1][4] 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”).[3]
In modern Japanese, this changes phonologically into either /-ppeta/ or /-beta/.
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辺 |
へち Grade: 4 |
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邊 (kyūjitai) 端 |
From at least the late Heian period.[3] 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).
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辺 |
ほとり Grade: 4 |
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邊 (kyūjitai) |
For pronunciation and definitions of 辺 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 辺, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
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辺 |
なべ Grade: 4 |
irregular |
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邊 (kyūjitai) |
Appears to be a compound of な (na, alternative form of の no, the possessive particle) + 辺 (be, “vicinity”, see be above).
Only found in names.