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JLPT N1 12 strokes Frequency: #1660

Meanings

Bystander, Side, Besides, While, Nearby, Third Person

Radicals

Decomposition

⿰亻旁

Etymology

Ideographic: Someone 亻 by your side 旁; 旁 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
2 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
3 vertical right-to-left
4 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
5 dot right-to-left
6 diagonal right-to-left
7 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
8 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
9 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
10 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
11 hook bottom-right-to-top-left
12 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ボウ bou
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
かたわ katawa
わき waki
そば soba
はた hata