Japanese edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

へんぼう (henbō

  1. 辺防: border defense
  2. 変貌: transfiguration of one's appearance
  3. 偏旁, 偏傍: for certain kanji characters, the (hen, left-side radical) and the (tsukuri, the right-side main portion of the character)

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN