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壁 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「土」

道
4Junior high level ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「土」
On
ヘキへき · heki
Kun
かべkabe
Meaning
wall

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

土 "earth" with 辟: earth raised to divide a space — a wall.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onヘキへきheki壁面へきめん壁画へきが岸壁がんぺき
Kunかべkabe壁かべ壁土かべつち白壁しらかべ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 壁画へきが

    wall painting; mural

  • 障壁しょうへき

    barrier

More words with this kanji

  • 絶壁ぜっぺき
  • 牆壁しょうへき
  • 壁土かべつち
  • 壁蝨だに

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

古(ふる)い寺(てら)の壁画(へきが)を見学(けんがく)した。

I viewed the murals of an old temple.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

壁画障壁壁画pictur…障obstac…坊boy執take…堤embank…堅hard塔tower辟to jud…碧blue-g…僻biased劈to spl…擘to spl…
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Compound

Map of radical 土Map of reading ヘキAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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