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被 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「衤」

道
4Junior high level ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「衤」
On
ヒひ · hi
Kun
こうむ(る)・おお(う)・かぶ(る)kōmu(ru) · ō(u) · kabu(ru)
Meaning
be covered; suffer; receive

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

衤 "clothing" with 皮 "skin/hide": a garment thrown over one — to be covered, to suffer.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onヒひhi被服ひふく被害ひがい被告ひこく
Kunこうむるkōmuru被るかぶる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 被害ひがい

    damage; harm

  • 被災ひさい

    suffering a disaster

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

台風(たいふう)の被害(ひがい)はとても大(おお)きかった。

The damage from the typhoon was very great.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

被害被災被害harm災disast…衫a thin…袂a slee…衲a patc…衵an inn…衿collar彼he疲get ti…避avoid匕spoon比to com…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 衤Map of reading ヒAll maps

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

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