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壁
JLPT N1 16 strokes Frequency: #1037

Meanings

Wall, Lining (stomach), Fence

Radicals

土

Decomposition

⿱辟土

Etymology

Pictophonetic: earth

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 16

Stroke Order

1 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
2 horizontal left-to-right
3 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
4 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
5 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
6 horizontal bottom-to-top
7 vertical right-to-left
8 horizontal right-to-left
9 dot right-to-left
10 diagonal top-to-bottom
11 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
12 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
13 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
14 horizontal bottom-to-top
15 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
16 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ヘキ heki
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
かべ kabe

Words Using This Kanji

140 words total
Other (20 words)
扶壁 ふへき

parapet

心の壁 こころのかべ

emotional wall

体壁 たいへき

body wall

京壁 きょうかべ

kyokabe

壁上 へきじょう

on a wall

市壁 しへき

city walls

絶壁頭 ぜっぺきあたま

flat head

南壁 なんぺき

south wall

岩壁画 がんぺきが

rock painting

壁飾り かべかざり

wall decoration

防波壁 ぼうはへき

seawall

長壁式採炭 ちょうへきしきさいたん

longwall mining

長壁法 ながかべほう

longwall system

分離壁 ぶんりへき

separation wall (esp. the West Bank barrier)

年収の壁 ねんしゅうのかべ

annual income threshold (that affects taxes or social insurance)

壁泉 へきせん

wall fountain

なまこ壁 なまこかべ

namako-kabe

赤壁の戦い せきへきのたたかい

Battle of Red Cliffs (208 CE)

壁外 へきがい

outside a wall

胃壁 いへき

stomach lining

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